An islander living in Waterworks Valley has added her voice to calls for the speed limit in the area to be lowered, describing being “utterly sickened” by the number of dead animals she comes across.

Susie de Carteret contacted Express following renewed calls for a lower speed limit in Waterworks Valley after a nine-month-old kitten was killed by a passing car on New Year’s Day morning.

Mrs de Carteret, who has lived in the valley for over 20 years, said she was “utterly sickened by having to pick up the dead bodies of red squirrels, ducks, hedgehogs and cats”.

Pictured: Mr Le Cornu erected his own signs urging drivers to slow to 20mph.

She added: “I walk my dogs and run up the valley and I echo Tim Le Cornu’s concerns that it is a matter of time until someone is killed. 

“It isn’t just boy-racers who treat the valley like a racetrack, but daily drivers who have absolutely no interest in protecting the precious wildlife and nature that, arguably, Jersey’s most beautiful valley supports.”

Like Mr Le Cornu, Mrs de Carteret said she had resorted to putting up signs outside her property encouraging motorists to slow down.

“We have two flocks of geese in different parts of the valley that spend much of the day grazing in the road and it is a miracle they haven’t been killed,” she added.

Mrs de Carteret also raised concerns that traffic in the area will increase following the development of the Millbrook Lodge Hotel, which sits in more than ten acres of land at the bottom of Waterworks Valley.

At the end of last year, the project was given the green light by Planning to transform the existing hotel into a a 77-bedroom art-themed venue, with ten units of self-catered accommodation and 19 serviced visitor apartments.

Pictured: The Planning Committee unanimously supported a £29m scheme to develop a luxury apart-hotel in Waterworks Valley.

Access to the hotel will be from Rue de Trachy, with vehicles exiting onto Chemin des Moulins in Waterworks Valley. 

Mrs de Carteret said: “I have no issue whatsoever with the development in principle, as I am sure it will benefit the island, but undoubtedly visitors will want to explore the valley and its many walks by car, and unless they have prior knowledge of the wildlife that exists, or there is a 15mph green lane status put in place, it will cause further tragedy.”