Boughton Parish Council

Healthwatch Norfolk Newsletter_August 30, 2022

SAM 2 Report for Week All: 2022-06-06 to 2022-07-17
SAM 2 Located at Stoke Road – South Facing – Into Village

Number of vehicles: 13249 over 42 days
Average speed of all vehicles: 28.6mph
Maximum speed recorded: 63mph
Maximum speed of 63mph seen at:
  Thu 23/06/2022, 11:35:00

Percentage of vehicles over the limit on all days: 36% (4764 of 13249) over 42 days
Percentage of vehicles over the limit on weekdays: 36% (4133 of 11372) over 30 days
Percentage of vehicles over the limit on weekends: 34% (631 of 1877) over 12 days

Peak Hour: 15:00-16:00, with 1446 vehicles across 42 days

Average speed of “speeder” vehicles: 34mph
Average speed of “speeder” vehicles in the Peak Hour: 34mph
Average vehicles per day: 315 (379 on weekdays, 156 at weekends)

With the current warm and dry weather, the oxygen levels in the pond have become low, leading to reports of dead fish.

This is to be expected from time to time, but a severe occurrence as in 1976 could lead to a very significant loss of fish stock and resulting health hazard as they rot away.

The Environment Agency have suggested that the fish could be removed entirely, but the council is minded to attempt to manage the problem by improving oxygenation.

The reed cull last year and the growth of the flag irises will be a help in this regard, as will deploying barley straw bales next season.

For now, we are looking at aeration solutions, starting with a trial of a temporary floating engine pump and aeration system. This will be run during the day only.

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