WARRINGTON Borough Council has announced details of the third phase of its controversial decision to impose 20mph limits on all residential streets.
Representations for and against the order must be received by the council by October 31.
The third phase involves roads in the Penketh, Great Sankey, Winwick, Woolston, Padgate and Fearnhead areas.
The council says following a successful roll-out of a pilot scheme in 2010, the scheme is being extended across the whole borough.
They say it results in lower traffic speeds, a reduction in the number of collisions and improved safety for all road users.
All these contribute to an improved quality of life for Warrington residents.
WARRINGTON Borough Council has announced details of the third phase of
its controversial decision to impose 20mph limits on all residential
streets.
More 20mph speed limits
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In fact the pilot scheme showed no reduction in collisions or casualties. It may improve the quality of life for people depending on whether it is applied in the right way and right places, but research shows that in the most appropriate residential streets average traffic speeds are 24 mph without this speed limit and that the sorts of idiots who tear around with no regard for anybody or anything don’t care what the speed limit is.
Obviously the council have money to burn. Hundreds of thousands of pounds on roadsigns that has no proven impact on accident reduction in the town……
“The two residential road trial areas produced a reduction of 9.3 casualties or 27% in the study period combined.”
Not my words but words taken directly from the WBC report that analysed the results of the pilots.
Greyman consistently adds misleading comments to any news articles on 20mph limits.
Rod, the pilots were inherently flawed because they incorporated major roads which were later dropped (which then added a load more road signs to the shopping list)
How many accidents were attributed to not happening on the likes of Long Lane??? And exactly how can you measure something that doesn’t happen anyway? There could have been a myriad of reasons why there were (allegedly) less casualties… and how do you save .3 of a casualty?