Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/010

Contact: Geoff Barrell, Developer Schemes Coordinator and 20 Limits Project Manager.

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM 13).

To consider proposed 20mph and 50mph speed limits.

The Cabinet Member for Highway Management AGREED to approve the proposed introduction of 20mph and 50mph speed limits in North Aston as advertised.

The report presented responses to a statutory consultation on the proposed introduction of 20mph speed limits in North Aston, and a new 50mph speed limit on the A4260 Oxford Road between Deddington and North Aston.

Officers confirmed that 50 mph proposals would be funded separately from the Council’s Accessibility Road Safety Fund.

Officers would continue to review speeds within this area in light of the consultation response received from North Aston Parish, which supported the 20mph limit as suggested but wished for a 40mph limit from the Duns Tew Crossroads and into North Aston. The Chair encouraged the Parish Council to keep in touch with officers regarding the proposal

The Chair concluded that the responses showed clear support for both the 20mph and 50mph speed limit proposals. The strong call for a lower limit on the connecting road from the A4260 was a predominately rural area without any specific mitigating factors to support a lower speed limit but would be kept under review by officers. The Chair encouraged locals to engage with the Council regarding how the proposals performed in practice.

The Cabinet Member for Highway Management APPROVED the proposed introduction of 20mph and 50mph speed limits in North Aston as advertised