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2 The experimental scheme will despite having a smaller shopping of June and a total of 104 cars Temporary last for a minimum of 6 and a area than Upminster. were checked, with an average Experimental maximum of 18 months from To view the statement on the speed of 28 MPH. There was, the 21 June 2021. After that time closures, see Information about however, a number above 30 Traffic Scheme the Council will either need branch closures and the review MPH, the highest being 56 MPH. - Minster Way, to remove the restrictions or undertaken on the Upminster In Dennises Lane a speed check make them permanent. People branch visit www.halifax.co.uk/ with a team of police officers took Hornchurch can send in their comments for branchfinder/branch-closures. place on 1 July with 148 cars in the first six months to:Interim html# . total checked. The average speed In mid-June, a temporary Assistant Director Public Realm, traveling from South Ockendon Cllr JOHN TYLER experimental traffic scheme in Town Hall, Main Road, Romford was almost 37 MPH where the Minster Way, Hornchurch went RM1 3BB. speed limit is 40 MPH and 2 live. This means that the following Cllr JOHN TYLER Essex Life tickets were issued as their speed restrictions currently apply: was 50 MPH. Speed checks at this It was good to see Upminster • You are no longer allowed to location are difficult as there are featured in the July's edition of limited places for officers to safely turn left from Wingletye Lane Halifax Bank Essex Life in their regular monthly into Minster Way when you are stand, but the police will repeat Branch to Close article, entitled Doggy Days Out. the exercise when additional traveling from the direction of The reporter visited Thames the A127. officers from the traffic division in Upminster Chase, Upminster park, the are available. • You are no longer allowed Windmill field and Clockhouse In late June, Halifax, a division of to make a right turn out of Gardens and praised all highly. Cllr LINDA VAN DEN HENDE Bank of Scotland plc, announced Minster Way into Wingletye Essex Life is a well-established that the Upminster branch of Lane. magazine, always with well Halifax will be one of 15 branches We love your written articles and is well worth • You are no longer allowed to to be permanently closed from 26 reading. emails drive across Wingletye Lane October 2021. from Minster Way into Maywin Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN Please remember when emailing Drive. This will be a sad loss for Upminster, as the Halifax is the us to give us your full contact Enforcement cameras are in place last bank left in our town (the Speeding details. As you can imagine we and motorist who fail to observe Nationwide being a Building get a lot of emails, but we do need these new restrictions will be Society). It is particularly Speeding is an ongoing issue in to know where they are coming issued with a penalty charge unfortunate, as Hornchurch still a number of locations. Gaynes from. notice. has a significant number of banks Park Road had a speed survey YOUR RESIDENTS’ undertaken by a PCSO at the end ASSOCIATION TEAM
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recent three months from 5 in Upminster and Cranham really area are to be replaced as the Upminster 2020 to 10 in 2021. The police is a great place to live, and with springs are broken and the tennis Police update are actively targeting drug issues. the support of the Residents’ courts will have a spray of anti- There have also been arrests Association we will ensure it stays slip surface to make playing There has been a very successful in Upminster town centre for that way. safer. One of the lights will be joint operation with Essex Police shoplifting, one a repeat offender. PAULINE MASTRIOANNI replaced and signs asking people recently which targeted criminals The priorities for the next three to take their litter home are being who cross borders to commit months are violent crime, which considered. The trees were also crimes. The police tracked, is a borough wide priority, vehicle Upminster Park checked and none need attention stopped and arrested the occupants crime and anti-social behaviour. Following on from our site visit as at the moment, but new ones will of a stolen car, with the assistance Cllr LINDA VAN DEN HENDE reported in last month’s Bulletin, be planted by the back of the new of the police helicopter, who had we would like to report on the building in St Mary’s Lane. The committed a significant number following things we discussed. wildflower area has been re-rotated of thefts of catalytic converters in Your Residents’ and will show signs of The gates of the children’s play- the area. They are now in police Association continued on page 22 custody. In terms of crime figures, I can Earlier in the Bulletin we extended report there has been a reduction a big welcome to any new in burglaries in the past 3 months residents. Some may be familiar when compared to the same period with the role of a Residents’ in 2020. It has reduced from 6 to 3, Association, but not all will which is good news. Theft of motor know the great work that comes vehicles has remained at the same from living in an area with such level in the past three months when an established and committed compared to 2020, although sadly association as we are fortunate thefts from motor vehicles has to have here in Upminster increased in that same period from and Cranham. From opposing 11 in 2020 to 15 in 2021. The police unwelcome planning applications, want to remind drivers to ensure tackling environmental issues, they lock their vehicles as many of ensuring local recreational areas these thefts are opportunist where are safe and well maintained, vehicles are not securely locked. In providing financial support to terms of thefts of motor vehicles, local causes to sharing with all the police advise using additional residents a variety of information anti-theft devices such as Disc on the local area and promoting Locks. local businesses via the Bulletin … and so much more. All for There has been an increase in a subscription of £2 per year. cannabis warnings in the most
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