20mph speed limit motion for East Riding residential areas rejected
A motion by Lib Dem councillors was put forward yesterday to full council
A call for a speed limit of 20 miles an hour in East Riding residential areas by 2025 at the latest has been rejected.
A motion by councillors in the Lib Dem Group was put forward yesterday to the authority but it didn't go through.
The '20 is plenty campaign' comes after The Stockholm Declaration in 2020, which said it should apply in places where cyclists and pedestrians could be vulnerable.
Its seconder and Lib Dem Group Leader, David Nolan, spoke at Full Council and said:
"As Ward Councillors we all get complaints about speeding traffic. I can't imagine anybody here doesn't; we get complaints from residents and parish councils all demanding 'what are we going to do about speeding traffic?' They want a speeding policeman and a camera here, there and everywhere.
"I think in urban areas a 30mph is often quite too fast and people exceed that because they know they can get away with about 35. I always think if something is 30, it's tempting to do 35 for some people and if it's 20 then it's 25, so I think there is an issue about enforcement but there's also an issue about signalling.
"Things evolve and 20 years on, I think we need to be looking at some of the urban areas and lokoing to reduce them to 20mph. There are benefits about carbon reduction, safety issues, much less chance of being killed or seriously injured. It's been proven that there's a 26 percent reduction in carbon emissions.
"Clearly there's going to be rural roads where the speed limit is 60 and that may well be appropriate and stay that way, maybe in some cases it's 40, but we're not saying everywhere should be 20mph, it should be where we start from. It's about engaging with Parish Councils and talking about what roads could be at 20."