Moray MP Douglas Ross says a meeting to discuss speeding and road safety issues in the village of Roseisle was “positive and constructive.”
After many residents had attended Douglas’ surgery in the village in August voicing their concerns, Douglas arranged a public meeting to bring all interested parties together.
Several local residents were in attendance at Roseisle Village Hall for the meeting convened by Douglas. The meeting also heard from representatives of Diageo, the council, Moray councillors and McPhersons Haulage of Aberlour as well as local residents.
Residents used the meeting to highlight to Douglas and other key stakeholders about their concerns about passing traffic and fears that another accident is likely if improvements are not made.
They also raised their issues over the speed of the lorries servicing the nearby Diageo distillery as well as the DEFCO pumping station.
Villagers also made it clear that they want a stop sign that was taken away almost a decade ago restored to alert speeding motorists with cars having already gone through the gardens of two homes in Roseisle.
Douglas has taken away a number of actions to take from the meeting which he will feedback to residents In the coming weeks.
Furthermore, he will also liaise with council representatives over whether there can be a further reduction in the speed limit to 40 or 30mph.
McPhersons Haulage have also agreed to look at the movement of their lorries and investigate whether any of their drivers are exceeding speed limits.
Moray MP Douglas Ross said: “This was a positive and constructive meeting to discuss speeding and road safety issues in Roseisle. I was determined to ensure this meeting took place after several residents voiced their concerns to me about this at during my summer surgery tour.
“I was pleased that most of the key stakeholders were able to make it along and hear directly from residents who are being affected by speeding motorists and general traffic issues on a daily basis. It is clear that action and major safety improvements are needed as a matter of urgency.
“We cannot see situations continuing to occur when cars have ended up in people’s gardens and the likelihood of an accident involving a pedestrian is only increasing by the day.
“There were a lot of issues to take forward from this meeting, but I believe that by working together we can ensure that residents of Roseisle will feel safer in the village and everyone driving through will be much more mindful of their speed.
“I hope to receive responses as quickly as possible as there were a number of actions from the meeting and I will feed these back to villagers who have lived with these issues for far too long.”
