Villagers have welcomed a decision to introduce a new 50mph speed restriction on a Nottinghamshire road
Villagers have welcomed a decision to introduce a new 50mph speed restriction on a Nottinghamshire country road which has been described as being "like a race track". Residents near Stragglethorpe Road, which connects the A52 and the A46, say crashes regularly happen on the road - and they hope the reduced speed limit from 60mph will encourage drivers to slow down.
He said: "It's just lefts and rights all the way down so I only take it at about 40 anyway. I think it should all be reduced down to a 40 as this end always has bad traffic anyway towards the A52." A 36-year-old carer, who did not wish to be named said: "That road should definitely be reduced - there's always accidents on there, it's always been a bad road. I drive on there quite a lot and it's like a race track, especially on a Friday or Saturday."
"We get a lot of people trying to overtake them, so I think reducing the speed to a 50 is a good idea." Luke, 45, and Becky Baumber, 40, both of Cotgrave, also agree that reducing the speed limit will be good for the area. Councillor Neil Clarke, cabinet member for transport and environment at the county council, said: "Stragglethorpe Road connects two major routes and because of this, it carries a lot of traffic – somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 vehicles, which is higher than average for this type of road. We are concerned that the number of injury accidents is also higher than average for this kind of road and this is one of the reasons why we have decided to lower the speed limit.
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