City Council has just issued the following press release:
Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council are jointly funding a scheme to make changes to the signing and lining of the existing 20mph limit along Maids Causeway and Newmarket Road. The West/Central Area Committee of the City Council has allocated funding from its Environmental Improvement Programme, with the County Council allocating funding from its Minor Highway Works budget.
The changes consist of proposed new 20mph ‘roundel’ road markings on the carriageway. Amendments to the 20mph limit entry points at Victoria Avenue and East Road are also planned, including more prominent signs and proposed coloured road surfacing.
This scheme follows concerns raised by local residents that vehicles are not complying with the existing 20mph limit.
County Councillor Sarah Whitebread (Market Ward) said “the County and City Councils have progressed this proposal in response to local resident’s requests. By improving compliance with the 20mph limit, the proposals would help to make the section of road safer and more attractive to cyclists and pedestrians”
City Councillor Colin Rosenstiel (Market Ward) said “requests for changes have been received at West Central Area Committee meetings. Residents requested for the existing signing and lining to be amended in order to make it clearer to drivers that the section is 20mph. An effective and enforced 20mph limit will make the road quieter for local residents and safer for people crossing.”
Cambridgeshire County Council Cabinet Member for Community Infrastructure, Councillor Tony Orgee, said: “These improvements are possible because of the joint funding agreed by the City and County Councils and by consulting with local residents and listening carefully to their views we have been able to come up with some changes to the signing in this important area of Cambridge.”
More information on the proposed changes and how to respond to the consultation is available via the consultation pages of the Cambridge City Council web site. Alternatively you can call the City Council on 01223 457385 or email (ben.bishop@cambridge.gov.uk) to request a copy of the consultation document.
The consultation is open until 10/02/13.