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Next Phase of “20” Speed Limits Due to Start

by on 19 August, 2011

The next phase of 20 mph speed limits is due to start, which means that almost all of Foxhill will be covered by a 20 mph speed limit.

The eastern part of Hawthorn Grove, Down Avenue, Quantocks, Porlock Road, Sedgemoor Road, Exmoor Road, Oakhill Road and Drake Avenue if approved, will be completed by the end of March.  This will leave only Foxhill Road and Bradford Park without a 20 mph limit.

Justification (it’s what most people who use their common sense know) has recently been published in a North West Public Health Observatory report, which concluded that,  “140 killed or seriously injured child casualties could have been prevented each year between 2004-8 if 20mph traffic speed zones had been introduced in residential areas (other than main roads) across the North West.” Dominic Harrison  Director of Public Health Blackburn and Darwin Council said:

“Most children will live and recover if hit by a vehicle travelling at 20mph whereas most risk a lifetime of disability or death if hit at 30mph”.  

The Foxhill estate will be the largest local area, apart from the city centre, with 20 mph speed limit cover in B&NES.  This new report demonstrates the value of 20 mph speed limits and shows how they can save lives.  We are pleased with the progress made her in Combe Down, but we would like to see these speed limits in all residential streets across the Council area. We have long campaigned for 20 mph speed limits in Foxhill and we are almost there. 

Dealing with speeding traffic and making the roads safer was listed In our Six to Fix pledges made before the last local elections in 2007, after residents told us that these issues, were high on their list of priorities. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12481423  gives more details about how speed limits can save lives.

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