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Roads will have speed limit reduced to 20mph

Alex Pope
BBC News, Hertfordshire
BBC A road in Stevenage, showing 20pmh signs, a man walking, parked cars, houses, flats and a grass verge by a road. BBC
The new limit will come into force from 26 February in certain areas of Stevenage

A number of 20mph speed limits have been introduced on roads in a town.

Hertfordshire County Council said a lower speed limit and traffic calming measures had been brought into parts of Stevenage, to reduce the potential for injury and to "create an environment to encourage more walking and cycling".

Jean Palmer, from the town, said she was all for it "if it's going to save lives".

The local authority said it consulted with Stevenage Borough Council, police, the ambulance service, fire and rescue, local residents and cycling groups before it came into force on Wednesday.

A road of cars in a Stevenage street, showing a 20mph sign, brick houses and a person talking down the street, with a backpack on.
Some residents believed the limit was a good idea but others were worried it would be ignored

The council said it wanted to lower speeds where "people live, work, learn and shop" to help residents feel "safe and comfortable in the street environment" and be able to walk and cycle.

It added that roads included in the project had been picked based on "factors such as density of houses, pavement space, nearby schools and existing Air Quality Management areas".

There were mixed responses to the plans and one person told the BBC the speed limit would be "ignored" while another said only roads by schools needed a reduced limit.

Ms Palmer said: "I'm all for it, if it's going to save lives - I just don't see how it's going to be enforced."

She said the introduction of speed cameras could help.

20mph in Stevenage: ‘good’ or ‘absolutely awful’

Roads in the scheme

Homestead Moat, Bedwell Crescent, Mead Close, Sinfield Close, Meadow Way, Ridgeway, Hillcrest, Shephall View, Colestrete Close, Colestrete, Ramsdell, Poppy Mead, The Hawthorns, Twinwoods, Holly Copse, Vinters Avenue, Abbotts Grove, Priory Dell, Cleviscroft, Badgers Close, Cuttys Lane, Exchange Road, Linkways East, Linkways West, East Close, West Close, Made Field, Rucklers Close, The Dell, Bedwell Rise, Inskip Crescent, Crossgates, Broom Walk, Silam Road, Plash Drive, Garden Walk, Fox Road, Penn Road, Walden End, The Spur, Buckthorn Avenue, Farm Close, Briardale, Elder Way, Jennings Close, Bulwer Link, Dunn Close, Rockingham Way, Wildwood Lane, Bowcock Walk, Abinger Close, Whomerley Road, Rowland Road, Whittington Lane, Lyndale, Denton Road, The Lindens, Hillmead, Hillside and Bedwell Park.

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