New 20 mph speed limits initiated by Bath & North East Somerset Council are due to commence construction in Radstock/ Westfield in September, in response to requests from residents to make streets safer for people on foot and on bicycles. Works to provide poles, signs, and road markings will commence from Monday 1st September 2014. The speed limit follows extensive consultation with all communities and the approval of Traffic Regulation Orders by the Cabinet Member for Transport. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents estimates that a pedestrian has a ninety per cent chance of surviving being hit by a car at twenty mph, falling to a fifty per cent chance at 30 mph and to ten per cent at 40 mph.
Further information about the timetable and proposed order for introducing the limits on the Council’s website on www.bathnes.gov.uk/20mphspeedlimit or email transportation@bathnes.gov.uk or call 01225 39 40 41.