Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2021/151

Contact: Tim Shickle, Group Manager – Traffic & Road Safety Tel: 07920 591545 / Lee Turner, Principla Officer, Traffic & Road Safety (South) Tel: 07917 072678

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM7).

The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce a 20mph speed limit in Long Wittenham village.

The Cabinet Member for Highway Management is RECOMMENDED to approve the proposed introduction of a 20mph speed limit as advertised.

Approved

The Cabinet Member considered (CMDHM7) responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce a 20mph speed limit in Long Wittenham village.

County Councillor Pete Sudbury the local member had been unable to attend the meeting but the Cabinet Member confirmed that he was aware of Councillor Sudbury’s support for the proposal.

A written representation had also been received from Long Wittenham Parish Council expressing its pleasure to have been chosen as one of the trial areas for new 20mph zones but with some concerns that a "signs only” scheme  might have limited effect in one part of the village as a result of fast traffic arriving in the village from Didcot on a section of road currently within the national speed limit restriction and then needing to slow down to only 20mph, which might not happen until the vehicle was well inside the new 20 zone. The parish council had discussed this with county officers and had proposed a jointly funded ‘entry feature” at or close to the start of the new 20 zone. That proposal had been mentioned in the report and they hoped that such a venture could be implemented either as part of the initial scheme or very shortly afterwards believing that that would significantly improve the chances of success of the new speed limit and address the issues raised in a petition earlier in the year about road safety in that part of the village. The parish council would be willing to contribute 50% or up to £8000 towards the cost of an entry feature and looked forward to working with the county officers to progress these proposals.  

Noting the support of the local member Councillor Sudbury and the representations received from the Long Wittenham Parish Council the Cabinet Member for Highway Management confirmed his decision as follows

to approve the proposed introduction of a 20mph speed limit in Long Wittenham village as advertised.

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Cabinet Member for Highway Management

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