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Little Milton: Proposed 20 mph Speed Limits

Meeting: 26/01/2023 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Highway Management (Item 122)

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Forward Plan Ref: 2022/200

Contact: Geoff Barrell, 20 Limit Project Manager

 

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM 23).

 

To consider proposed 20mph speed limits.

 

Decision:

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

 

Minutes:

The report presents responses to a statutory consultation on the proposed introduction of 20mph speed limits in Little Milton.The proposals would help encourage walking and cycling within Little Milton by making them safer and more attractive.

 

Cllr Gant agreed with the officers’ responses to consultation where the main purpose of the scheme was to improve road safety and to encourage greater use of active travel by reducing speeds which would also reduce accidents. This formed part of a countywide programme of works that sought out to deliver ‘a safer place with a safer pace’.

 

 

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