Following the campaign started in January by worried residents of Reading Street, the Joint Transportation Board was charged with looking at the traffic situation in this narrow, busy village street.The Board’s recommendation, having conducted both a speed check and an examination of the accident rates, proposed - ‘No Action’.
At the recent Joint Transportation Board meeting, following an impassioned plea for a 20mph limit by Labour Councillor (and Beacon resident) Alan Poole, a motion to introduce a 20mph speed limit was proposed and seconded by Conservative KCC Councillor Bill Hayton and Labour Councillor (and Beacon resident) Michelle Fenner.
The Joint Transportation Board members voted unanimously to introduce the 20mph scheme.
After their success both councillors said -
‘This speed restriction was vital for the village. It was only a matter of time before there was a fatality. We were also concerned that even more properties would be damaged.’
Neither of the two Conservative Beacon Road Ward councillors was present at the meeting.
COMMON SENSE HAS PREVAILED.IT IS A SHAME IT DID NOT WHEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO SALISBURY AVENUE WAS BLOCKED OFF WHEN A SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WOULD HAVE SOLVED THE SITUATION AN EASED TRAFFIC ON OTHER NEARBY ROADS AS THEY WOULD TODAY WHO LIVES OR LIVED AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD WITH ENOUGH INFLUENCE TO CLOSE A MAIN ROAD?
ReplyDeleteHave you driven through there? If you could do twenty I would be surprised, maybe at 2 in the morning but not during the day.
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