Survey on road safety
South Lanarkshire Council are keen to hear residents’ thoughts on various reduced speed limits that were brought in during the pandemic.
An online survey is underway to help find out if people across the region think 20 is plenty or if lower mandatory speed limits introduced in some town centres and outside some of our schools should be reconsidered.
The Scottish Government launched their Spaces for People grant funding to support local authorities in introducing temporary measures to help social distancing and active travel messages during the pandemic, as well as providing an outside environment where this can take place.
Advisory 20mph speed limits were changed to mandatory 20mph speed limits at a number of schools across Rutherglen and Cambuslang.
Mandatory speed limits were also reduced from 30mph to 20mph on roads within six town centres – Bothwell, Carluke, Lanark,
Larkhall, Strathaven, and Uddingston.
It is widely recognised that reduced speed limits provide road safety benefits due to lower vehicle speed.
Currently the reduced speed limits are operating on temporary traffic regulation order and the council is keen to include community feedback and comments in considerations before progressing with proposals to introduce the lower limits on a permanent basis, and the potential expansion of reduced town and village speed limits in further locations.
The online Schools 20mph Survey and Towns 20mph Survey is open now at https://wh1.snapsurveys. com/s.asp?k=163247472634 and you can still have your say on it until Sunday, October 31.