Speed limit cut to 20 outside school
An accident a year for the last five years was good enough reason to introduce a 20mph speed limit outside a school at Heol y Neuadd, Tumble.
Cllr Philip Hughes, making an executive board member decision on speed reduction for Carmarthenshire Council, said: “Five personal injuries in five years on this stretch of road demands a traffic calming measure of this nature.”
The speed reduction will be on the A4310 outside Tumble Primary School.
Police, local members emergency services and motoring organisations were all contacted and do not object to the proposals.
Following a published notice on the changes one objection was received from a local resident who suggested 20mph speed limits should not be introduced on a main traffic route.
The resident requested a status quo 30mph limit in Heol y Neuadd to remain in also suggested that many traffic calming measures would need to be introduced there to achieve compliance from motorists.
Of the five personal injury accidents, two involved pedestrians.
Cllr Hughes said in view of the resident’s concerns it was proposed to introduce a raised plateau outside the entrance to the school together with other traffic calming measures including kerb build outs and road marking roundels.
He said the transport management team believed they could achieve 85per cent compliance with these measures.
It was agreed to monitor the effect when the measures were introduced and if they were not deemed to be successful additional measures would be introduced.
Cllr Philip Hughes, making an executive board member decision on speed reduction for Carmarthenshire Council, said: “Five personal injuries in five years on this stretch of road demands a traffic calming measure of this nature.”
The speed reduction will be on the A4310 outside Tumble Primary School.
Police, local members emergency services and motoring organisations were all contacted and do not object to the proposals.
Following a published notice on the changes one objection was received from a local resident who suggested 20mph speed limits should not be introduced on a main traffic route.
The resident requested a status quo 30mph limit in Heol y Neuadd to remain in also suggested that many traffic calming measures would need to be introduced there to achieve compliance from motorists.
Of the five personal injury accidents, two involved pedestrians.
Cllr Hughes said in view of the resident’s concerns it was proposed to introduce a raised plateau outside the entrance to the school together with other traffic calming measures including kerb build outs and road marking roundels.
He said the transport management team believed they could achieve 85per cent compliance with these measures.
It was agreed to monitor the effect when the measures were introduced and if they were not deemed to be successful additional measures would be introduced.
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