LINDFORD Parish Council members expressed their anger and frustration at not being consulted about proposed traffic-calming measures in the village. The council was only informed at Monday's meeting that the developer of the Chase Road site had employed a group, RPS Transport, to implement the traffic-calming measures around the site. The company wrote to the parish council advising that it had already devised a traffic management strategy which had already been "provisionally agreed" by Hampshire County Council. The document stated: "In association with the development of new housing at Chase Farm, granted planning permission in December 2005, the developers, Charles Church Ltd and Bellway Homes Ltd, have been asked by Hampshire County Council to access the need for traffic-calming measures on Chase Road and Windsor Road, should such measures be acceptable to local residents." It continued: "In accordance with this request, a strategy for managing traffic has been prepared and provisionally agreed with Hampshire County Council, the highway authority. "For clarification, the potential measures include installation of speed cushions along Windsor Road to assist in minimising vehicle speeds. "As Windsor Road will be the primary access road to the site, these measures are recommended by Hampshire County Council to reduce the impact of the additional traffic along the road. Speed cushions are pairs of small raised humps which have a limited calming effect on vehicle speeds. "Also proposed is the installation of speed- controlling ramps along Chase Road to both deter its use by development traffic and control vehicle speeds. The traffic management strategy is to encourage the use of Windsor Road by development traffic. The ramps would extend across the width of Chase Road and effectively reduce traffic speeds. "There will also be installation of traffic build- outs on the section of Washford Lane, between Windsor Road and Chase Road." The company requested that the parish council commented on the document within two days, before it was due to be sent to residents of Chase and Windsor Road. Pamela Woodford, the parish clerk, said: "Rural Planning Services, which is employed by the developers to implement calming measures, will only consult residents from Windsor Road and Chase Road. "I was only informed a week ago when they sent a letter and questionnaire, but I think this is only a courtesy consultation. It seems that HCC Highways agreed with it and it only wants us to comment on any glaring mistakes." "It's a bit late to give this to us now. It's ridiculous, as there is not enough time to comment on it, and we can't do anything," said Joe Davis. Council members questioned the validity of RPS Transport's plan, which did not afford any calming measures on Liphook Road. They felt that the parish should have been consulted properly before the document was even drawn up, and that the proposals were flawed. Julian Taylor-Green said: "When looking at traffic calming, the council has got to look at the whole thing. What about the surrounding access road like Taylors Lane and all the feeder roads? "Taylors Lane will not have any traffic calming on it, according to the document, and it could become a dangerous rat-run." County council representative Adam Carew expressed his concern at the lack of communication between RPS and the parish council over the traffi- calming measures. "I will get on to the highways department to find out why the parish has not been consulted fully. This is not acceptable," he said. The parish council agreed that it should have been given more time to deliberate on thesituation and RPS Transport had gone over its head. Members have now passed on various comments of dissatisfaction to the company in the hope that it will hold a proper consultation so that the subject can be fully discussed.