Speed Limit Review A & B Roads
New limits will be in place by April 2009 |
A new Speed Management Strategy has been developed by the County Council. The Strategy covers the three key areas of Education, Engineering and Enforcement. An important aspect of this strategy is the setting of speed limits. |
Following on from guidance set by the Department for Transport and an extensive consultation process resulting in over a 1000 comments, Warwickshire County Council’s Road Safety Engineering have been given the go ahead to start work on over 120 speed limits changes on A and B class roads in Warwickshire.
The first part of the review consisted of an assessment of existing speed limits on every A and B road in Warwickshire (except villages). Collision analysis and speed surveys, which were provided by the Council's Traffic Survey Team, at strategic locations on all A and B roads were carried out to establish whether existing speed limits are being reasonably complied with. Following on from this ‘technical review’, an extensive consultation process was implemented to gain a better understanding of how the public felt about the Team’s proposals and culminated in seminars being given to Local Members.
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To see how this review will effect you, click on any of the Districts on the map:
North Warwickshire
Nuneaton & Bedworth
Rugby
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwick |
Since the recent final statutory consultation stage, almost every change has been given approval by the Council’s Area Committees (except Nuneaton & Bedworth who will not meet until 26/11/2008).
It is essential that any speed limit changes have the acceptance of the community, and feedback has shown that the public are behind these recommendations. Many of the changes recommended will be installed on roads where there is a history of personal injury crashes, and therefore, there should be some significant benefit in terms of reducing road casualties. Not only do lower speeds improve safety, travelling at a more economical speed cuts down of fuels costs and it’s better for the environment too.
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 Circular 1/06
Program of Works
Fosse Way Review
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