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Speeding
Reported by Neil Whittaker at 22:34, Sat 22 September 2007
Sent to Chorley Borough Council and Lancashire County Council less than a minute later
Lancashire County Council has a 50mph speed allowed on this road and it is ridiculous. I have flagged three spots on the map. There have been accidents here in the past, including fatal and serious injuries. Further down the road there are to be traffic lights installed to attempt to control the number one traffic hotspot in Chorley. On leaving those traffic lights we believe the speed limit should be restricted to 30mph up to the existing 30mph limit at Higher Wheelton and beyond. The crossroads at Victoria Street and opposite simply cannot operate safely with a 50 mph on the road - it is too fast and, as it is well known, people who are allowed to do 50 will do in excess of it and there have been several incidents of heavy braking and horn blowing etc within the last 48 hours. There are several people now wishing to contact the council and actively seek their assistance in this traffic safety issue. They have demonstrated their cooperation recently in other surrounding villages and hope that, when the traffic lights are installed at "Bump Junction" they will also impose a sensible limit of 30 mph on this road.
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