Campaign for 20mph zone in Wilmslow

by Lisa Reeves

Tuesday 12^th June 2012

Tue 12^th Jun 2012

Community groups in Wilmslow have come together to organise a public meeting in an attempt to make our residential streets more friendly for all.

Transition Town Wilmslow is joining the 20s Plenty campaign for road speeds to be reduced from 30mph to 20mph by changing signage and without humps.

Residents are being invited to a public meeting on Thursday 28th June where they can have their say about introducing a 20mph speed limit zone in Wilmslow.

The public meeting will take place at the Friends Meeting House on Bourne Street with guest speaker Rod King from the national campaign '20s Plenty for Us'.

Rachel Corrigan said "Rod has helped towns from Edinburgh to Plymouth go "20's Plenty" on residential roads, and has recently helped Crewe move towards safer and more pleasant streets. Essentially 20mph is safer than 30mph, you don't need speed bumps to have 20mph and everyone needs safer streets."

The meeting, organised by Transition Wilmslow, along with Cycle Wilmslow and Living Streets, will start at 7.30pm on Thursday 28th June.

Rachel added "Everyone is welcome to the talk and we will be really interested to hear your views."

For further information email [email protected].

What do you think of the idea? Would you like to see a 20mph speed zone introduced in Wilmslow, fi so where? Share your views via the comment box below.

Tags:: Transition Wilmslow

Comments

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Charlie Cook

Thursday 14^th June 2012 at 9:49 am

A splendid idea, but I fear the removal of the speed bumps would make it untenable. People ignore the current 30 limit despite the bumps. Without any hindrance, a large minority will use these roads as quick rat runs, totally ignoring the reduced limit.

Pippa Jones

Thursday 14^th June 2012 at 8:49 pm

The 20's plenty campaign is all about speed restriction without speed bumps but presumably where they exist there would need to be a decision taken about whether they stay or not if 20's plenty were adopted. You can find out more on the website, http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/.

James MacDonald

Friday 15^th June 2012 at 10:36 pm

It is only a matter of time before all residential streets are 20mph zones. Yes, there are always drivers that ignore the speed limit whatever it is, but I would fully support this.

Graham Jackson

Tuesday 19^th June 2012 at 4:04 pm

Wilmslow has become a rat run to the motorway - its losing all pretentious of a go to town. I actually think the predestination of Grove Street, in hindsight, was a big mistake. Until the Manchester South Manchester Modal is finally agreed you can put all the humps you like but the rate of traffic will increase.

Simon Worthington

Tuesday 26^th June 2012 at 2:09 pm

When will the useless parking restrictions on Hawthorn Street be tightened seeing it has become a major route to avoid the town centre? When will the by-pass extension from Handforth to the airport be completed taking traffic away from Wilmslow? When will the Police start ticketing cars parked on pavements?
A maximum of 30 MPH is quite adequate when normal traffic flows apply with the possiblity of 20MPH around schools at opening and closing times being helpful. The main reason we have to drive our children to school (apart from the threat of rain drops landing on their heads) is to keep them safe from all the other people driving their kids to school! To claim the streets will be much safer is inaccurate to say the least. Almost half the "accidents" between vehicles and pedestrians in the centre of Wilmslow involve pedestrians walking into stationary vehicles when attempting to cross roads at inappropriate places. A fact one of our councillors failed to consider when claiming that each one cost the taxpayer over £80,000. F**l.