Lower speed limit and commit to road safety

I wrote to you some time ago and mentioned issues with the safety of the Oakley Green Road (B3024).

In 2019, the then leader of the Royal Borough, Simon Dudley, committed to reducing the speed limit to 30mph on this road.

Oakley Green is a village with a B road running through it.

It is predominantly a semi-rural area with narrow or no footways, and the road is used extensively by cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians walking dogs.

There is also a primary school where four-year-old children have to get our of cars while heavy traffic thunders past.

Since the large increase in house building in the Ascot and Winkfield area, the road has become very busy and the community feels that 40mph is too fast for the safety of local residents.

Despite constant discussions with a succession of highways councillors, this promise has not been kept.

Indeed, they have now stated that they have no intention of changing the speed limit on this road, now, or in the future.

They blame the police, but we know that the police do not make the laws, they just try, where they can, to enforce them.

As they claim not to have the manpower to enforce the current speed limit, it follows that any change would also not be enforced so their lack of support makes very little difference.

I find it hard to believe that the borough council are seriously committed to increasing safety on the roads when they steadfastly refuse to lower a speed limit where the residents feel very strongly that it is needed. B R EMBERY Oakley Green