Cllr Sarah Whitebread has been working for some time with residents groups and the city and county council to improve signage of the 20mph limit along Maids Causeway and Newmarket Road.  £7,000 of joint City and County Council funding has been allocated to this work, and a meeting is going to be held on the 27th September at 5.15pm in the Guildhall, Room 3, to discuss the detailed plans.  Sarah and fellow ward councillor Colin Rosenstiel will be there, along with representatives from the Brunswick and North Kite residents Association (Brunk), the Cycling Campaign and the Police.  City and County Council staff will also be there.  Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting – if you would like to come, please let Sarah know via email (swhitebreadATgmail.com) so that we have an idea of numbers.

Improvements will likely involve larger repeater signs, on road roundels, and measures to increase the prominence of signage at the boundaries of the limit.  At the time of writing councillors have not yet seen detailed plans.

Sarah commented “This meeting is the next stage in what has been a rather lengthy process.  I hope we will agree on new signs that all parties involved are happy with.  I am particularly pleased we have secured involvement from the Police.  It is important that they feel the signs are adequate and start properly enforcing the limit.”