A crunch decision on a long-running campaign to introduce a blanket 20mph limit in Norwich's residential streets will be decided within two months.
It was more than three years ago that Norwich's Liberal Democrats first mooted the idea and in May 2008 Norwich joint highways agency committee (NHAC) went against advice from officers and decided to press ahead with bringing in the limit on unclassified roadsOfficers had said it would cost £350,000 to put in new signs across Norwich when only £250,000 a year was available in the Local Transport Plan budget and instead conducted trials in three areas of the city.
The three pilot 20mph areas were in the Newmarket Street and Vauxhall Street area, Borrowdale Drive and Marl Pit Lane.
The results showed speeds in Borrowdale Drive have been reduced slightly by up to one mph, but there was little impact on the traffic speeds around the other two pilot areas which were already generally compliant with 20mph.
Members of the highways agency committee will be presented with a report when they meet on March 25 and Judith Lubbock, Lib Dem city councillor for Eaton, said she was hoping the blanket limit could be introduced, particularly given the success of a similar scheme in Portsmouth.
