Fair Oak residents could be called on to mount their own patrols armed with radar guns in a bid to slam the brakes on speeding motorists in the village.

Fed-up locals say they are prepared to gather evidence themselves by organising traffic patrols along Mortimers Lane to stop speeding traffic.

Spokesman Ted Simms of the Mortimers Lane Action Group told Fair Oak and Horton Heath Parish Council that in recent years the road had suffered an increase in traffic problems - especially heavy lorries

going to and from the Fair Oak landfill site.

He said concerns centred on safety issues such as the speed of traffic, the noise generated by it and the vibration of heavy vehicles.

Parish councillors were told the group had come up with a series of proposals that could improve the situation which included:

l Volunteer operated radar guns, which could also be used elsewhere in the village.

l Continuous white lines from the junction of Winchester Road to the Knowle Lane junction preventing overtaking and stop parking.

l Speed limit repeaters to remind motorists when they were in a 30mph limit.

l Construction of a roundabout at the Knowle Lane junction with Mortimers Lane in a bid to stop traffic from Upham "hurtling" into the 40mph limit.

l Extending the 30mph limit to the proposed roundabout.

l Flashing speed limit signs telling drivers they were travelling too fast.

l Speed camera signs.

l Constructing a pedestrian refuge for Mimosa Drive.

Mr Simms said the group would like to take their proposals forward to both Eastleigh Council and Hampshire County Council with the support of the parish council.

Backing the move, parish council chairman Helen Douglas said: "Speeding traffic in Mortimers Lane is a great concern to everyone in the village.

"This council has spoken of it on many occasions."

Councillor Philip Spearey, who is also chairman of Eastleigh Council's Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath Local Area Committee, said he recognised that some of the measures taken in Mortimers Lane had not been very effective and that the county council had yet to consider the road a priority.

He added: "We ought to carry it forward. We will come up against some bureaucratic problems from the Ministry of Transport, but there are a number of very reasonable proposals that we ought to continue with.

"I have asked the borough council to look at the use of radar guns - I think there is potential here if the police are prepared to co-operate with us."

Parish councillors agreed to write a "strong" letter of support for the package of measures.