SAFER ROUTES IN COMMUNITIES
TREFRIW COMMUNITY TRAVEL PLAN
Over the years, many petitions and letters sent to Conwy Council Highways Department have requested a crossing and footpath near the mill and school.
In 2008, the community held a Village Appraisal Day and some of the road safety issues highlighted were:
• Need for pedestrian crossing near to the school
• Traffic calming in the village in general and by the school in particular.
In February 2010, Trefriw Community Council sent a letter to Conwy Council urging them to consider a crossing and to reduce the speed limit outside the school.
In April 2010 the Trefriw Community Travel Plan committee, consisting of our County Councillor and representatives of the school, older people and Trefriw Community Council, came together to work on solutions to these problems.
The committee worked with local residents and conducted a household survey to discover what road safety improvements were wanted.
In July 2010, a public event asked the community their top three priorities and the result was:
1. Pelican crossing for community near school
2. Pedestrian crossing by village hall
3. Improvements to Trefriw – Llanrwst link: Gowers Road
A bid for money to carry out the improvements went to the Welsh Assembly Government last autumn and was successful.
The plans for the road safety improvements will be available to see at an exhibition in the
Village Hall, Trefriw, on 8th October 2011
from 10am to 12 noon.