Parish Council - 6th July 2020

As per the Silverton Parish Council meeting on Monday 6th July, this website has been set up to examine traffic impacts for the village with a view to reducing speeds - welcome all!

Paper here if anyone wants to read it in full -  https://www.middevonparish.co.uk/media/195460/post-covid-traffic-impacts-july-2020-1.pdf


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