RESIDENTS are calling for action to stop speeding on their street, and are launching a petition calling for the county council's support. 

People living in Fairfields Road are putting the petition together to raise awareness of the number of drivers who speed along the street. 

The residents are hoping that the petition will be successful and lead to speed limit signs being erected along the road.

While the road has a 20mph speed limit, residents claim that they have seen cars drive down the road at speeds in excess of 30mph in some instances.

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Currently the only indication of the speed limit on the street is a controlled zone sign near the entrance to the road, as well as painted road markings.

However, the residents of Fairfields Road say that this is not enough.

Fairfields Road resident Mark White said: “It’s a daily concern.

“I will sit here in my lounge on an evening or afternoon, I’ll hear a car speed past and you can tell it’s going way over 20mph.

“It’s a residential street and there just isn’t enough awareness.”

Mark, who has lived on the street for more than a year, said that speeding on the road has been a problem since before he moved in.

He continued: “I can safely say it’s been a problem since then.

“I noticed it’s got worse since lockdown and all the restrictions ended fully and people are back to normal as it were and are out doing leisure things.

“But it’s probably been about a year.”

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The residents are planning on presenting the completed petition to the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Highways Hampshire.

A spokesperson for Hampshire County Council, the highways authority, said: “Any request made via petition to the county council, by a member of the public or local community, will be fully evaluated and responded to in due course.

“Inappropriate, dangerous or anti-social driving is a matter for the police who are responsible for speed enforcement – please refer to them direct using the 101 non-emergency number or via their website - hampshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/soh/seen-or-heard/.