Why 20 MPH limit for Park Farm is a costly dead duck..

Steve McQueens'  Ford Mustang , the car chase
from the film Bullitt

You may recall we have had some spirited jousting with our new councillor Chris Harper over the imposition of a permanent 20 MPH speed limit (He is for it, we are very against it, we say just tell the school run traffic to slow down...).

Our research department has turned up the PCC Cabinet Papers for June 13th 2011 Agenda Item No:13

Petition requiring the provision of a wide 20 mph zone in Park Ward:

Petition presented to full council on 23 Feb by Councillor Arculus. The Council's Head of Planning, Transport and Engineering services responded on 25th May stating that it was not appropriate ..... "on-street parking in many residential streets meant it was likely that vehicle speeds were already low. The cost of introducing a 20 mph limit was not justified as the safety benefits were questionable....."

We also have concerns over the disproportionate cost of policing a 20 mph speed limit, resources applied to holding speed guns and legal processing will seriously disadvantage the highly effective current neighbourhood policing throughout Stanground and Park Farm. Taking the City as a whole, we enjoy exceptionally low levels of crime and a high level of detection of those who do decide to break the law. The rash of car break-ins experienced recently, saw three very quick arrests by our police teams...


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