Any advice on writing a petition?

Luckygirl Sun 20-Mar-16 11:51:47

I am putting together a petition addressed to Highways England about a dangerous stretch of road which needs a speed limit and school signs. I have a number of ideas about wording etc., but would be very happy to receive advice from anyone who has done something similar. I wondered about somehow putting it online, but have no experience of that.

It is unfortunate that this road is designated as a trunk road so does not come under the local highways depot who would know what and where I am talking about. I plan to give an OS map reference at the top of the petition.

Lots of thanks for your help.

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Alishka Wed 23-Mar-16 08:52:39

Hello luckygirl have you put 'writing a petition ' in Google ? I've just tried and there are quite a few links there. Certainly worth a try.

I'd be doing some fact-finding and canvassing opinion now, to gauge the strength of feeling on the necessity of traffic calming measures there . Have you spoken to the police about their call-out rate over the past, say,6-12 months? You say there's a school nearby, will you get support from parents? Etc.

So, I'd say, get all the info you can and then go to meet your local councillor (don't pick the one whose politics echo yours, rather the one with a proven track record for getting things done) and sell the petition idea to them. And then let them do it wink grin

Just my first ideas while I'm drinking my first cuppa. 2nd cuppa might bring some more, but honestly I'd say sell the idea to your local mp/councillor and let them run with it.

Good luck!