Issue - meetings

Thame - Proposed 20 mph Speed Limits and associated speed limit buffers

Meeting: 14/12/2023 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Transport Management (Item 49)

49 Thame - Proposed 20 mph Speed Limits pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/193

Contact: Geoff Barrell, Principal Engineer, 20mph speed limit project, geoff.barrell@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM31).

 

Consider formal consultation responses.

 

The Cabinet Member for Transport Management is RECOMMENDED to approve the introduction of 20mph speed limits in Thame as advertised.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for Transport Management APPROVED:

 

a)    the introduction of 20mph speed limits in Thame as advertised.

 

b)    a reassessment by officers of the speed limits on Oxford Road, Kingsey Road, Youens Drive and Thame Park Road including subsequent further consultation and approval if required.

 

Minutes:

The report presented responses to a statutory consultation on the proposed introduction of 20mph speed limits in Thame.

 

The Chair invited the speakers to address the meeting in turn and responded to points raised.

 

Following concerns that certain roads needed a reduced speed limit, officers explained that some of the roads in question were more open radial roads into the town. Officers had tried to balance the needs of the bus companies with the need to progress the policy. There had also been objections.

 

Officers agreed to review speed limits on the roads, particularly those adjacent to the schools.

 

The Cabinet Member for Transport Management APPROVED:

 

a)    the introduction of 20mph speed limits in Thame as advertised.

 

b)    a reassessment by officers of the speed limits on Oxford Road, Kingsey Road, Youens Drive and Thame Park Road including subsequent further consultation and approval if required.