News: Mystery traffic monitoring devices on Martins Lane
Three traffic monitoring devices have appeared on Martins Lane in Chilbolton. It is not known who installed them or why.
Eagle-eyed residents reported the devices had appeared between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
The devices are located between the junction at Hunt Forest Group and the junction with Gravel Hill.
Traffic monitoring device locations marked in red (Credit: Google Maps)
The devices are RoadPod VTs, produced by MetroCount. They say of them:
The RoadPod VT (vehicle tube) counter and classifier is the most reliable portable monitoring system on the market. It uses two pneumatic tube sensors to time stamp every individual vehicle axle. Trusted in over 120 countries, it accurately monitors vehicle volumes, speed, class, direction, traffic gap and much more.
These are the same units used to monitor traffic at the site of the proposed 75-home development in September 2025. However these are not tagged as belonging to paulcastle.com, who provided the measurement service to consultants for the 75-home development.
Pneumatic measuring tubes on Martins Lane
At first it was thought that the monitoring might be being done by Hampshire Highway Authority. However Hampshire County Councillor David Drew has revealed that Highways have confirmed to him that these devices do not belong to them.
Do you know who is doing this monitoring? chilbolton.news would be interested to know too, and would receive any information anonymously if necessary.