Rejected petition Listen to the residents of north wales and stop declining this petition on the speed limit pilot
I represent over 1200 people already on this matter. There have already been accidents, near misses, complaints and our residents now feel unsafe. The limit is supported outside schools but a blanket approach doesn’t work. It hasn’t been implemented per the consultation and our councillors don’t support it. It’s subject to legal challenge. There are no cycle paths or bus lanes in buckley so the rationale makes little sense. It’s lowering footfall into businesses and lowering house prices.
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All studies show that 20mph zones work so much better (I.e. outside schools) than blanket 20mph restrictions.
1). In 2016, Bath and North East Somerset Council spent over £870,000 rolling out 20 mph limits across 13 zones. Only 12 months later, Council chiefs had to admit that the areas had experienced a rise in the number of deaths and serious injuries amongst pedestrians and cyclists.
2) Manchester Council decided to freeze the rolling out of their own reduced speed limit schemes. This came as a result of studies, which indicated that Manchester’s 20mph zones had made little or no difference to the speeds at which motorists were driving
3) In November 2018, the Department for Transport (DfT) published the results of a self-commissioned report on whether the roll-out of 20mph zones across the country, had proved to be effective in reducing the numbers of road traffic accidents.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
The Petitions Committee is already considering a petition on this issue:
Stop the Welsh Government introducing a blanket 20mph speed limit
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244742
Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here:
https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=38156&Opt=3
You could consider contacting your local council or your local representatives about this matter instead.
https://committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk/mgFindMember.aspx?LLL=0
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