TRAFFIC calming measures will be installed on Alloa’s Claremont in the coming months.

Speed tables, road humps and street narrowing features will be built as a result of public consultation by Clackmannanshire Council, which was carried out in June and July.

According to a Claremont resident, the issue of speed and the lack of a safe pedestrian route towards town has been a problem in the area for a number of years.

Resident Mr David Erskine described the street as a speed track and highlighted a speed survey, the results of which were obtained by the Advertiser through Freedom of Information legislation, showing that some drivers race down as fast as 80 mph on the 20 mph road.

Mr Erskine said: “Everybody can park off-street in Claremont. But where we are, some [people] are deliberately leaving their cars on the street to slow the traffic down, it’s what we had to do.”

The survey was carried out between May 20 and June 16 2014 in four parts at two spots on the street. Speeds between 80 and 85 mph were recorded twice, but the Advertiser understands it is not possible to be certain if this occurred, or is an accuracy error in the recording mechanism.

The speeds were recorded using tubes crossing the road at a set distance, when vehicles pass the tubes send a signal to a recording device, but the accuracy can vary due to a number of outside factors. This includes the simultaneous striking of the tube by more than one vehicle.

All together, 73,984 measurements were taken, and as many as 22 per cent went faster than 30 mph and there were 14 instances of speeds above 60 mph.

A Clackmannanshire Council spokesperson told the Advertiser the consultation was a successful exercise and as a result, initial proposals have been amended.

They said: “There was a range of opinions discussed, including the most favourable route for pedestrians into Alloa.

“The requirements of the Equality Act 2010 mean the council has a duty to provide fully accessible routes therefore one of the two proposed routes, via Tulligarth Park, had to be discounted as suitable footway widths could not be achieved for the use of wheelchairs.”

The pedestrian route from Claremont along Kellie Place to Marshill will be made fully accessible and the extended section of Kellie Place will be made one-way westbound.

The council spokesperson added: “The final design is being amended, and once a contractor has been engaged the timescale for the works and information on cost can be confirmed. It is hoped that work can begin in the coming months."