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Y-Not Festival – Temporary Speed Limit at Pikehall
Posted in Events, Roads on Saturday July 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Road Closure for Y Not Festival
Posted in Roads on Friday July 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE
MOULDRIDGE LANE, PIKEHALL
WHEN: 30 July 2014 to 04 August 2014
WHERE: Close Mouldridge Lane, Pikehall from its junction with Parwich Lane to its junction with Hedge Lane.
REASON: To facilitate music festival traffic access
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Will be via Parwich Lane – A5012 Mouldridge Lane (to point of closure) and Vice Versa.
Access will be maintained, whenever reasonably possible, on the affected length of road. The road will re-open as soon as the work is finished. This may be earlier than advertised.
Derbyshire County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place. Anyone needing further information should ring Call Derbyshire 01629 533190.
The County Council intends to make/has made an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit its use by traffic.
Mike Ashworth, Strategic Director – Economy, Transport and Environment, County Hall, MATLOCK DE4 3AG
Advnaced Notice – Temporary Speed Limit at Pikehall
Posted in Events, Roads on Tuesday July 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Advanced Notice – Temporary Road Closure at Pikehall
Posted in Events, Roads on Tuesday July 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Today’s Road Closure
Posted in Roads, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday July 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Today’s Temporary Road Closure
Posted in Roads, Wakes on Saturday June 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Don’t use your car between 6 and 8pm this evening, you will have more fun at the Carnival Parade.
Extra Staff to Tackle Potholes
Posted in Roads on Wednesday March 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire County Council road workers are working extra hours to help fix the backlog of potholes caused by extreme wet weather in the past few weeks.
Prolonged and heavy downpours battered roads across the county causing extensive damage in some places.
Over the past five weeks, Call Derbyshire contact centre received an average of 780 road-related calls a week in addition to potholes reported online.
DCC carry out a rolling programme of road repairs but extra staff, including external contractors, have been brought in to help deal with the problem. (more…)
Reporting Highway Problems to Derbyshire County Council
Posted in Parish Council, Roads on Monday March 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We have received the following:
The parish council will continue to bring any highway related problems to the attention of Derbyshire County Council after each parish council meeting. However, residents are also able to report such matters directly to Derbyshire County Council to ensure Derbyshire County Council can act as quickly as possible to resolve issues.
The local rate number to contact is (01629) 533190
Mrs S Hampson,
Clerk
Parwich Parish Council
The Tree Blocking Monsdale Lane
Posted in Flora, Photography, Roads, Weather on Saturday March 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Photos by David G
Roots n’all (more…)
Monsdale Lane Blocked
Posted in Roads on Thursday February 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Delia for letting us know that another tree has fallen blocking Monsdale Lane just before the cuckoo gate.
School Drop Off Policy
Posted in Roads, School, Transport on Sunday February 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Possible Delays at Cromford
Posted in Roads on Monday February 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire County Council is replacing traffic lights in Cromford from today 17 February 2014.
Old signals at the A6 junction with the A5012 because they have reached the end of their useful life.
The new lights will take around five weeks to install and temporary lights will be in place to direct traffic.
Monsdale Lane Blocked
Posted in Flora, Photography, Roads, Weather on Thursday February 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to David G. For letting us know that Monsdale Lane is blocked by a fallen tree (branches?), just beyond the Cuckoo Gate.
Road conditions?
Posted in Roads, Weather on Wednesday February 12, 2014| 2 Comments »
Watch out on the roads this evening.
I have just come back from Ashbourne (6.30pm) on the B5056, and there are a few branches on the road. It is perfectly passable, as long as you take care.
Peter T
Do add comments of your experiences.
Part-night Street Lighting vote now!
Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Tuesday February 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The review of part-night street lighting in Parwich by parwich.org is ending shortly. So if you have not had your say vote now by clicking on this link.
So far, despite the strong views last spring, there is no consensus on individual street lights with only small numbers voting, however on the overall poll there has been 39 votes with strong support for the idea of part night lighting (77%), with making all lights part night the most popular option (31%). Do continue to vote!
Snow on A515
Posted in Roads, Weather on Tuesday February 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Thank you Patti for this snow alert sent in earlier this morning:
Brian has just phoned to let me know that snow is starting to settle on the A52 to Buxton. He has just passed near the Duke of York and lorries are already having difficulties because of the combination of wet and snow.
Patti
Updated 11.50am
Brian has just come back as the police are turning the traffic at Brierlow Bar. Patti
Do add further comments below if you have any updates.
Black Ice
Posted in Roads on Monday February 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Cheryl for warning us that there is a lot of black ice around this morning.
Road conditions
Posted in Roads, Weather on Friday January 31, 2014| 1 Comment »
Thank you Cheryl for the following:
Please take care if out and about on the roads tonight. Conditions are treacherous with puddles where there aren’t normally puddles and they take you by surprise.
New Signs for Limestone Way
Posted in Environment, Peak Park, Roads, Walks & Rides on Sunday January 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Peak Park Authority has organised the installation today of two new wooden signs in Parwich village to mark the route of the Limestone Way: one replacing a metal sign by Dam Farm and Japonica, and the other a new one by Hallcliffe gate.
The wooden signs look more fitting than the metal ones, though it prompts the query as to why there isn’t coordination between the Highways (County Council) and the Peak Park, with perhaps some consultation with the Parish Council, to have all the footpath signs matching.
Street Lighting Review So Far
Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads on Thursday January 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In the review of part-night street lighting here at parwich.org there continues to be strong support, with, at the time of writing, 77% in favour of some form of part night lighting, the most popular option (30%) being to extend the scheme to all Parwich’s street lights.
However, so far, in the polls on individual lights only a few people have voted, making any conclusions difficult. This is surprising given the strength of feeling in the original polls last March, where the Creamery Lane lights in particular raised a very strong response.
You can still vote in all the current street light polls below:
Plan of current street lighting in Parwich
(click on image to enlarge)
(Note. There is currently some discrepancy with at least one of the recent replacement street lights which should be on only part night staying on all night. This is the case with Light 056373 at the opening of Church Walk between Hallcliffe Barn and Church Cottage. If you know of any other anomalies do add a comment to this post.)
Continue reading to have your say on:
(i) the individual street lights where the previous polls were not implemented,
(ii) the lights along the Main Street/Shaw Lane route, and
(iii) other specific lights that have been raised here at parwich.org since the introduction of part night street lighting. (more…)
Part Night Street Lighting Review
Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Friday December 27, 2013| 1 Comment »
It is now over 6 months since part night street lighting has been introduced to Parwich village, with almost 60% of our street lights being turned off between midnight and 5.30am. So it seems an opportune time to review the situation here on the Blog. Use the comments facility at the end of this post to share your experiences of part night lighting in the village.
Plan of current street lighting in Parwich
(click on image to enlarge)
(Note. There is currently some discrepancy with at least one of the recent replacement street lights which should be on only part night staying on all night. This is the case with Light 056373 at the opening of Church Walk between Hallcliffe Barn and Church Cottage. If you know of any other anomalies do add a comment to this post.)
In our previous polls in March 2013 there was strong support for the idea of some part night street lights in the village, what do you think now? Should the County Council backtrack on part night lighting or should it be extended?
Our previous polls indicated a split between the prime access route of Main Street (including Nether Green and Chestnut and Sycamore Cottages) and Shaw Lane, where people wanted some lights kept on all night, and the rest of the village where people wanted all the lights part night. Does this split still apply?
Continue reading to have your say on:
(i) the individual street lights where the previous polls were not implemented,
(ii) the lights along the Main Street/Shaw Lane route, and
(iii) other specific lights that have been raised here at parwich.org since the introduction of part night street lighting. (more…)
Part-night Street Lighting so far
Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Tuesday December 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
In March of this year we undertook a poll of our readers’ views on the planned introduction of part-night street lighting (click here to see the poll results). In May part-night street lighting was implemented in Parwich village. Many of our poll’s recommendations were implemented, but some were not (click here to see what was not implemented).
How have you been effected by part-night street lighting so far? At the time, our Councillor, Simon Spencer, expressed a strong commitment to responding to any changes we felt were needed once we had experience of part-night street lighting. After Christmas, here at parwich.org, we will be offering readers a chance to have their say again. This will include polls on individual lights where our readers’ wishes were previously over ruled, and any other street lights that our readers have subsequently raised.
Let us know, using the comments facility with this post, about any street lights that you want to ask Derbyshire County Council to reconsider (be it part-night lights you feel should be on all night, or all night lights you feel only need to be on part-night) and we will include them in our review.
Temporary road closure: Wednesday December 4th
Posted in Roads on Sunday December 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: EMERGENCY TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE.
PARWICH LANE, PIKEHALL
WHEN: 04 December 2013, for one day only.
WHERE: Parwich Lane, Pikehall from its junction with Mouldridge Lane in a northerly direction for a distance of 70 metres.
REASON: Bridge repair works.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Mouldridge Lane, A515, Parwich Lane and vice versa.
Access will be maintained, whenever reasonably possible, on the affected length of road. The road will re-open as soon as the work is finished. This may be earlier than advertised.
Derbyshire County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place. Anyone needing further information should ring Call Derbyshire 01629 533190.
This notice is given under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit its use by traffic.
Mike Ashworth, Acting Strategic Director – Environmental Services Department, Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock DE4 3AG.
Extreme Weather Information
Posted in 2013, Posts of Note, Roads, Weather on Monday November 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire County Council is keen to ensure that local communities have access to the most up to date/useful information during extreme weather/snow conditions such as:
- The latest weather, gritting activity and road closure updates, published at 7am, 2pm and 9pm daily during snow/ice conditions.
- Links to DCC Twitter and Facebook pages.
- Finding local gritting routes and.
- Disruption information such as school closures.
Click here for the link to the Council’s snow information pages. The blog team has added a link – “DCC Snow Info” – to the WEATHER section of the sidebar so that this information can be readily accessed.
Click here for information regarding the nearest grit bin or to report an empty, vandalised or missing bin.
Matlock to Chesterfield Road Closed
Posted in Roads on Tuesday October 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire County Council have notified us of the following:
Road closure due to flood
22 October 2013
The main Chesterfield to Matlock A632 road remains closed due to flooding which has caused a wall to collapse.
The road has been closed between Acorn Ridge at Walton, Chesterfield, and Span Carr Crossroads since yesterday (21 October) lunchtime.
Continued rainfall and water running from the hills is hampering attempts to clear the debris and establish and fix the cause of the problem, which is thought to be a blocked culvert.
We have knocked down part of a retaining wall on the opposite side of the road to relieve some of the flood water. Diversions remain in place and motorists are being advised to avoid the area if possible.
Alternative routes are available via Wingerworth using Langer Lane, Birkin Lane and Span Carr Crossroads or by using the main A619 route through Baslow and Bakewell.
Take Care on the Roads: Tuesday 22nd
Posted in Roads on Tuesday October 22, 2013| 1 Comment »
The rain has continued over night and Cheryl sent in the following warning first thing:
Be careful this morning everybody – the road conditions are dreadful. There is a lot of standing water and it’s deep in places.
Do keep everyone updated on road conditions and any specific black spots, by adding comments to this post.
Hartington road closure
Posted in Roads on Sunday October 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow the back route to Hartington via Biggin will be closed in High Cross above Hartington Youth Hostel between the 21st and 22nd October. Click here for more details.
Back route to Hartington – road closure
Posted in Local government, Roads on Monday October 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The back route to Hartington via Biggin will be closed in High Cross above Hartington Youth Hostel between the 21st and 22nd October. Click here for more details.
Temporary Speed Restrictions start today
Posted in Local government, Roads on Monday September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
From the 16th to the 25th September there are temporary speed limits on the Via Gellia between the Newhaven junction of the A515 and the Holly Bush at Grangemill, because of road works. For more details: (more…)
More on Snow Warden Scheme
Posted in Local government, Parish Council, Roads, Weather on Friday September 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Could you help your local community?
Parwich Parish Council is looking for volunteers to participate in clearing snow and ice from pavements and footways within Parwich during periods of wintery weather.
Derbyshire County Council’s Winter Service Scheme for 2012/13 proved successful with volunteers from 88 town/parish councils, 29 schools and 7 of the 8 district/borough councils in Derbyshire helping to keep Derbyshire’s footpaths and pavements clear during heavy snowfall; 58 local farmer/contractors used their vehicles to grit and clear the County’s roads.
In return for our help, Derbyshire County Council will provide us with:
- A free delivery of up to a tonne of paletted 20kg bags of salt
- Training for up to two representatives
- Regular updates of when routes within our area have been gritted
- A website facility to report snow clearing activities in our community and to notify the Council of any problems/issues in our local area
- Refills of council-owned grit bins twice a year, where requested; once in September and again in January. This will be at the cost of the parish council but will guarantee grit bins are filled and ready for use when bad weather arrives
If you are interested in helping out or would like further information please contact any member of Parwich Parish Council.
Temporary Speed Limits
Posted in Local government, Roads on Wednesday September 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
From the 16th to the 25th September there are temporary speed limits on the Via Gellia between the Newhaven junction of the A515 and the Holly Bush at Grangemill, because of road works. For more details: (more…)
Crash on A515/B5056
Posted in Police, Roads on Sunday August 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
There has been a collision on the A515 at the junction with the B5056 by the Bentley Brook Inn. Police are controlling the traffic, and hopefully no one is seriously hurt and it will be cleared quickly. 1-45pm Sunday 25th Aug 2013
Hole in the road
Posted in Local government, Parish Council, Roads on Saturday July 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
There has been an area of subsidence in Main Street by the entrance to the Memorial Hall (sorry it is not very obvious in the photo), possibly along the line of the stream in a culvet under the road. The Parish Council has informed Highways about this:
Please would you put a notice on the blog to say that the hole that has just appeared outside the Memorial Hall has been reported to the Council
Many thanks
Caroline Healy
Temporary Road Closure on A5012
Posted in Roads on Monday June 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We have been informed that there is a temporary 30 mph to 10 mph speed limit on the A5012 Via Gellia, Pikehall road, 400 m east of the junction with Mouldridge Lane. This covers a 4.8 km stretch as a result of works to undertake carriageway surface dressing. The closure is planned for 17.6.13-26.7.13.
Part Night Street Lighting So Far
Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Tuesday June 4, 2013| 4 Comments »
Part night steeet lighting has now been implemented, that is some of our street lights are turned off between midnight and 5-30am. We will give our readers opportunity to review this more fully at the end of the year when we have had chance to experience it during darker nights, however in the meantime you can use the comments facility at the end of this post to share your experiences so far (good or bad).
The pattern of Parwich street lighting
the County Council planned to implement last month
(click on image to enlarge)
Do let us know if there are any lights not as planned.
County Council’s final street lighting plan
Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Thursday April 4, 2013| 1 Comment »
The County Council’s final plan for which lights in Parwich are to be part night can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking on the image below:
Their time scale and plans for review are:
The implementation of part night lighting for Parwich is planned to take place in May 2013 and we will review accident and crime statistics in approximately twelve months time.
Note: Our poll results disagreed with the County Council’s initial proposals for 16 of the 33 street lights in Parwich. As a result of these poll results the County Council altered their plans for 9 of those 16 lights.
Street Light update
Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Wednesday April 3, 2013| 19 Comments »
The results of the polls here at parwich.org produced a clear pattern of recommendations on part night street lighting: supporting the general principle of some lights being on all night along the prime access route of Shaw Lane and Main Street (including Nether Green and Sycamore and Chestnut Cottages), but the rest of the village being part night (including the Kiln Lane lights, proposed by the Council to be permanently switched off).
The County Council have responded positively to these poll results in general with three exceptions:
- That the light (065359) at the end of Croft Avenue be all night, because it covers a turning area at the end of a cul-de-sac
- That the three Smithy Close lights remain on all night, because it houses “vulnerable people“
- That the three Creamery Lane lights remain on all night as Parwich Parish Council recommends this (see their comment below)
They did however offered us chance to comment further. (more…)
Street Light Polls Results
Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Monday April 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The final results for our Street Light polls have now been counted. It may be possible to still vote for several days, but these votes will not be included in the information sent to Derbyshire County Council (DCC).
You can still comment on
the County Council’s own website until Tuesday (2nd April 2013)
Our full poll results and workings out can be down loaded as a pdf by clicking here, and will be forwarded to the County Council. However here is a summary:
PARWICH.ORG readers supported the general principle of ‘part night lighting with decisions being made on a light by light basis’. The poll results agreed with DCC’s proposals for 16 lights, did not reach any consensus for one light, and disagreed with the proposals for 16 lights.
There is a clear recommendation that more lights be part night than the County Council proposes, (more…)
20mph speed limits
Posted in Local government, Roads, Transport on Wednesday March 27, 2013| 3 Comments »
Given we are currently focused on our local roads (though speed has not been the main issue over the last few days), it seemed timely to create this post in response to Living Streets‘ new campaign (see their press release below) to persuade Councils to move faster on creating more 20 mph speed limits.
In January of this year the Department of Transport issued new guidance giving Councils more freedom to create 20 mph zones. Road safety is a topic that is periodically raised here on the Blog and with Parwich Parish Council. Previously there has been some local support for creating such a zone in Parwich; the Peak Park Authority would potentially support this, but historically the County Council has been resistant to schemes in villages such as Parwich.
Does the new government guidance give us a chance to raise this again? Is this also an issue for Alsop en le Dale, Ballidon and Pikehall? Will ‘part night’ street lighting impact on what are safe speeds? What are your thoughts? (more…)
Road conditions for Wednesday
Posted in Roads, Weather on Tuesday March 26, 2013| 1 Comment »
After mammoth efforts from locals and Highways, it seems that the A roads and bus routes near by are now passable, though care may need to taken.
However it is still dropping well below freezing at night and forecast to remain cold at least to the weekend. Not all side roads are passable, so do leave comments if you have any updates or if there is more drifting.
Visit Buxton Weather or Derbyshire County Council websites for updates on the higher routes further north.
Wednesday 10am – snowing again. 3pm – but roads are OK.
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