TRAFFIC calming measures introduced on the A56 Higher Lane, Lymm, at its junction with Rectory Lane, have reduced the number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by about 16 per cent.
This has been revealed by a comparison of traffic counts carried out before and after the work was carried out.
Members of the Higher Lane Action Group, which has been campaigning for speed limits on the A56 to be observed for two years, are delighted with the outcome.
They say the changes have made it easier to exit Rectory Lane, provided a more accessible bus stop and also a safer point to cross the A56 to St Mary’s Church.
However, the news is not all good.
Just down the road, near the entrance to The Dingle, where Higher Lane has been resurfaced,
the improved road surface has resulted in an increase in the number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit.
Some 70-80 per cent of vehicles exceed the limit by a significant amount. During the working day about 15 vehicles an hour travel passed in each direction at 40 mph or more.
Police have been informed about the problem and say they will do their best to enforce the limit. Many of the offenders are thought to be local people.
Higher Lane Action Group spokesman Chris Wakefield says dialogue in the community about effective traffic calming and the distress caused by inconsiderate drivers is likely to be more effective than police action in the long run.
The Action Group has asked Lymm Parish Council to press for more sensible traffic calming measures when the rest of the A56 in Lymm is resurfaced.
One measure the Action Group would like to see is the “naming and shaming” of local people caught exceeding the speed limit on the A56
TRAFFIC calming measures introduced on the A56 Higher Lane, Lymm, at its
junction with Rectory Lane, have reduced the number of vehicles
exceeding the speed limit by about 16 per cent.
Traffic calming cuts speeding
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If the road surface has been improved and there haven’t been any accidents with 70-80% of cars doing around 40mph, then maybe 40mph is the appropriate speed limit for this stretch. At the end of the day the entrance to the Dingle is right in the bottom of a steep dip – so even the bikes are doing over 30mph when they pass there!
Within the article, one comment stood out: ” Many of the offenders are thought to be local people”.
Virtually all of the people travelling on ANY urban road will be “local people”, so what – apart from the fact that they’ll know the road and are less likely to have an accident?