Luncarty crash prompts calls for 40mph limit Road sign is repeatedly wrecked

Speeding drivers are losing control of their cars approaching Luncarty then hitting road signs, it has been claimed.

Now there are calls to reduce speed limits in the area.

Several social media users said they want lower limits on nearby roads after it was reported another driver had swerved off a slip road leading to the village and wrecked a sign that is believed to be just a few weeks old.

Luncarty, Redgorton and Moneydie Community Council chairman George Black said the same sign has been hit and replaced a number of times in the last five years.

His group has already asked roads bosses to reduce the speed limit at the top of the road to 40mph.

He told the group’s Facebook folloers: “I have personally spoken with roads engineers, suggesting something is done by way of road redesign to prevent this happening, and have been assured there is nothing wrong with the current layout.

“Notwithstanding this, the community council has already suggested to the roads authorities that one idea would be to introduce a 40mph limit at the top of the slip road just at the Redgorton turn-off, which would not only hopefully serve to slow drivers down as they negotiate the slip road but would also serve as a step down to the 30 limit as you enter Luncarty.

“The plan is to get a 40 limit all the way out past Redgorton towards Pitcairngreen.

“We are hopeful that this request will be met with some positive consideration, given the extent of planned works and road improvements about to happen near that location due to the Cross Tay Link Road.”

One of the group’s followers commented: “A 40mph limit would go a long way to helping make this road a lot safer from those who seem incapable of driving to the conditions.”

Another said: “I agree. The sooner we get a 40mph speed limit between the slip road through Redgorton to Pitcairngreen, the better.”

And another complained: “It’s a poorly designed slip road.

“You can lose the back end at about 40mph if it’s the first rain in a while and your tyres are well into their