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Killer road: Speed limit cut for A18

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THE speed limit on the A18 in North East Lincolnshire will be reduced to 50mph.

Council bosses yesterday agreed to implement the proposed reduction from 60mph, along with a series of other speed limit changes across the borough.

The decision comes just over a month after five people were killed in a horrific crash on the road.

As reported, five members of the Cockburn family died when their car was in a head-on collision with a lorry between the Oaklands Hotel and Laceby Manor Golf Club on April 12.

The incident was just the latest in a long line of fatal accidents to occur on the road, which has been dubbed as one of Britain's most dangerous.

The new 50mph limit will apply to the ten-mile stretch of Barton Street between the Laceby roundabout and the borough boundary at Ludborough, a section described as 25 times more dangerous than the average British motorway in a 2011 BBC documentary entitled Britain's Killer Roads.

Councillors have also proposed introducing a 40mph limit on the section of the A18 between the Beelsby and Hatcliffe Junctions.

However, PC Barry Gardner, Humberside Police casualty reduction officer, expressed concerns that enforcing a 40mph limit with a 50mph zone would prove difficult.

The 40mph limit proposal will be formally advertised for public consultation, giving members of the public a chance to make objections.

The 50mph limit will be introduced without further consultation as this proposal has already been formally advertised, and work to install the new signs will begin within the next six weeks.

As previously reported, the proposal to reduce the speed limit to 50mph on the A18 was announced in February last year as part of a range of speed limit reductions across the borough.

Despite a petition objecting to some of the proposals, the then environment portfolio holder Councillor Alex Wallace approved the proposed changes, which were duly advertised.

But when Councillor Peter Wheatley took over the post in May last year, he agreed to demands from some councillors to put the plans on hold and set up a select committee to examine them in more detail.

After hearing evidence from a range of experts and interested parties, including motoring organisations, cycling groups, ward councillors, behavioural psychologists, and road safety officers from other local authorities, the select committee published its recommendations in March.

These included a number of minor revisions, including the proposed 40mph limit on the A18.

However, in most cases, Councillor Wheatley opted to approve the original proposals.

ON THE WEB: Do you agree with the new speed limit on the A18? Or do you have an opposing view? Have your say here.

A FULL GUIDE TO THE CHANGES IN OUR AREA A180 from Pyewipe roundabout to Lockhill roundabout reduced from 70mph to 50mph. A18 from Laceby Top roundabout to the county boundary near Ludborough reduced from 60mph to 50mph. A18 from Beelsby junction to Hatcliffe junction reduced from 60mph to 40mph (subject to public consultation). A1136 from Great Coates roundabout to Europarc reduced from 60mph to 50mph. B1210 from Healing to Great Coates reduced from 50mph to 40mph. B1210 through Healing village reduced from 40mph to 30mph. Nooking Lane/Main Road through Aylesby village reduced from 40mph to 30mph. 20mph limits on all but "strategic and industrial roads" in the East Marsh and Sidney Sussex wards. 20mph zones around Old Clee School, Grimsby; The Leas School, Waltham; and Stanford School, Laceby (these proposals were approved by the regeneration and environment scrutiny panel prior to the select committee being set up).

Killer road: Speed limit cut for A18


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