Speed bumps installed in Bradley Stoke have not been installed in the rest of the county for “a number of years”.

South Gloucestershire Council says it abandoned the type of speed cushions used in the town and now installs “raised tables”.

It means Bradley Stoke is stuck with an outdated form of traffic calming with no prospect of them being improved to the standard used elsewhere in South Gloucestershire.

The council issued a statement following our exclusive story about how they traffic calming measures were causing damage to car suspensions.

Two residents – including Conservative councillor John Ashe – spoke to use about the problem, and after our story several more reported the same issue.

The authority’s response came after our story aired on BBC Radio Bristol on Wednesday.

“The council has not installed this form of speed cushion in the district for a number of years,” they said. “Now the council installs raised tables where appropriate as part of traffic calming measures.

“Studies have shown that accidents have continued to fall since the council began installing raised tables.

“The speed cushions that have been used in South Gloucestershire have been designed according to national guidelines and the council advises that motorists negotiate them at sensible speeds.”

Meanwhile, a straw poll on this website has shown a strong desire from the residents of Bradley Stoke for the speed cushions to be removed.

Eighty five per cent of those who took part called for action to be taken over the traffic calming measures.

Among those who want to see them removed is Liberal Democrat councillor Jon Williams who told us he would be “glad to see the back of them”.

Cllr Williams said he had a similar problem with his suspension several years ago. “I blamed the ramps too,” he said.

“When I was in France a couple of years ago the most effective traffic calming measure were the chicanes which were narrow and at the entrance to each town/village. They were on both sides of the road so it was not like Braydon Avenue.”

(Correction: We added the word ‘not’ to Jon William’s quote about Braydon Avenue. Error was due to a typo, sorry to Jon for that.)

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