PROPOSALS for ‘safer’ residential streets across Oldham have been tabled by the Liberal Democrat opposition group.
The motion calls for a roll-out of 20 miles per hour zones on residential roads across the borough.
It will be moved by Saddleworth West and Lees councillor Mark Kenyon at the Full Council meeting on Wednesday, December 13.
“More than half of all accident casualties occur on roads with 30mph limits,” Cllr Kenyon said.
“A pedestrian is seven times more likely to die if they are hit by a vehicle travelling at 30mph than they are at 20mph, and it is the elderly and young who are most at risk.”
The Liberal Democrats have backed previous campaigns in a bid to improve road safety, including ‘20 is plenty’ which called for reduced speed limits on residential streets.
Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader, said: “Speed limits are just one tool available to the council.
“We also want to see more speed cameras and preferably ones that actually work. The minority of people who make our streets unsafe should be prosecuted.”
drivers ignore 20mph speed limits so unless enforced will be a waist of money.
Why not just ban all the cars and lorries ?
Why not 19mph?
Definitely need to ban cars from the Bridleway though.
They only get onto difficulties there anyway,
Driving from the old Delph Station to Uppermill and trying to stick to 20mph is a pain. It feels like a return to the Delph Donkey.
It would be an improvement if the present 20mph zone in Delph was either completed and / or corrected.
This kind of completely impractical unjustifiable money-wasting twoddle was typical of the kind of reason that I moved out of Saddleworth. It changed from the collection of once stunningly beautiful & unique independent villages, into the busy township we see 20 years later. I lived there 15 years and saw a sad decline year-on-year, into the Greater Manchester township it has sadly merged to become. Sadly you will kill the Golden Goose without some inward thinking………but be quick.
Those of you who want to have more 20mph areas and stronger enforcement should come and join us in sunny Anglesey where we have miles of country roads with no visible hazards that are subject to a 20 mph restriction. I agree 20mph is sensible in areas around schools, hospitals and shopping areas but roads like Delph to Uppermill surely should not be restricted to 20mph.
Like total capture of co2 in the atmosphere, total elimination of road accidents is a wonderful thought but totally impossible to achieve.We lost our son aged 22yrs in a local road accident but we don’t expect thousands of local motorists to crawl about at a totally unrealistic speed because of our loss.