Welshpool speed limit to be 20mph?
Monday 16th May 2011, 6:01PM BST.
The speed limit in Welshpool could be cut to 20mph in a bid to stop people speeding around a new one-way system.
Last month it was revealed that more than 50 motorists had been stopped in just 30 days for speeding or driving the wrong way along Welshpool’s new controversial one-way system.
Boy racers are being warned to slow down and new signs will stop drivers going the wrong way.
Now Robert Robinson, Welshpool Town Clerk, said the council had written to the Welsh Assembly to apply for the town centre to become a 20mph zone.
He said: “We are always looking at the one way system and how it is running and I think at the moment that it is settling down.
“I am still not 100 per cent happy with the traffic lights and think the sensors need to be looked at again in due course.
“But now the council has written to the Welsh Assembly to request a 20mph speed limit is put in place around the system.
“We have been looking at speed and think this is something that needs to be done sooner rather then later and we now await the Welsh Assembly response.
“We have had cases when some motorists have been caught driving in the wrong direction and it can be potentially very dangerous for them and other drivers.
“I realise that some people might forget but in some cases it’s deliberate.
“We had a case a few weeks ago when someone moved traffic bollards and deliberately drove the wrong way and this behaviour just can’t and won’t be tolerated.
“Police have stopped more than 50 motorists for traffic offences since the system was introduced and they will be keeping a watchful eye.”
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People are ignoring the the current speed limit, so the solution is to spend money on shiny new signs which will also be ignored?
Genius.
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How is it possible to speed round Welshpool when it takes nearly an hour sat in traffic jams just to pass through this place!!!!
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lol can you get upto 20 mph with the traffic jamms. i love all these invented ideas to keep the media attention. cant wait for the next bank holiday traffic welshpool will be snail pace.
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All this upheaval, fuss to accommodate a ****** supermarket. Welshpool didn’t need another supermarket (Tescos) and it’s quite a small store too at the end of it all.
Tescos is a big part of Newtown’s traffic problems too. I hope Tescos are going to pay for the new road signs etc. etc., but I’ll bet not!
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