PEOPLE are being killed and property is being damaged because speeding cars are not being dealt with in Grazeley, a concerned resident has claimed.

Simon Cooper stood up to Wokingham Borough Council’s top team at a meeting last week where he asked bosses what they were going to do about the issue.

The Grazeley homeowner told the executive a car crashed into his house three years ago, leading to a passenger in the car being killed, “serious damage” to his house and his cars being written off.

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His family were set to move out of their home this year but another car crashed into his house just last month, meaning prospective buyers pulled out of the sale.

Mr Cooper said: “I’ve now lost the sale of my property and both my wife and I are petrified the same might happen again.

“Two lives lost and six incidents in as many years outside my property.

“What are you going to do about this and in what timescale?

“A verbal ‘we will look into it’ will not wash.”

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The Grazeley man said he had lobbied councillors, police bosses and Wokingham MP Sir John Redwood in previous years in an attempt to see action against speeding cars.

He said he bought camera technology to test how fast some cars were travelling past his house, and at one point recorded a Fiat 500 travelling 91 mph.

Responding to Mr Cooper, WBC leader Cllr John Halsall said: “It is important to note that measures to deter high speeds are already in place in the village, notably the existing 40mph speed limit, part-time 20mph speed limit outside the primary school and a number of relevant traffic warning signs.

“However, the council is currently, in partnership with police, collating relevant road traffic, highway and safety information and supporting data to determine what further engineering interventions might be considered to prevent such a tragedy occurring again.

“As you will appreciate, at this stage, much of the information required to inform this consideration is still being assembled and until the investigation is concluded and the outcome of any coroner’s inquest is known, it is appropriate that there should be no statement from the council about specific proposals.

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“A full and detailed response will be provided in due course.”