Many of you will have seen (and signed) our petition to put a speed indication device on the B4640 (the ‘Newtown Straight’) to both remind vehicles of the speed limit but importantly to capture data to assess whether further speed control measures were needed. It gained over 700 signatures and on the back of this we asked Hampshire County Council to open a dialogue with us, Newtown Parish Council, about what measures could be taken to reduce the speed along this dangerous stretch of road. Hampshire County Council have further rejected this request. We are asking local residents to support us and send an email to Cllr Nick Adams-King (Nick.Adams-King@hants.gov.uk) and Cllr Tom Thacker (tom.thacker@hants.gov.uk) (copying clerk@newtown-pc.org.uk) to support the outcome we are seeking. The full email can be read here.