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20's Plenty For Suffolk - June 2023

Representatives from Bucklesham Parish Council attended the

‘20’s Plenty for Suffolk’ information webinar on 22nd June 2023.

This national campaign aims to reduce the speed limit in rural, residential areas.

The 20’s Plenty Campaign Group are requesting that all Suffolk Parish Councils pass a motion to call on Suffolk County Council Highways to implement a 20mph speed limit on all roads where people and vehicles mix.

The arguments laid out by the 20’s Plenty Campaign Group are as follows:

Why 20?

  1. Safer: The UK’s Department for Transport estimates that a 1mph lower speed in built-up areas reduces road casualties by 6%. Successful 20mph schemes result in 30% fewer casualties.
  2. Cleaner (and quieter): 20mph reduces tail-pipe emissions by 25% compared with 30mph and is 50% quieter. 
  3. Healthier: 20mph helps to remove the blight of vehicle speed and builds inclusive communities where human activity, including walking, cycling and social interaction, takes first place.
  4. Popular: National and local surveys consistently find 70% support in residential streets; such support rises after 20mph limits are introduced.
  5. Accepted as normal by UK local authorities where 28m people live, including all of Wales - where 20mph will soon be the default speed on restricted roads - and soon throughout Scotland. 20mph is global best practice where people mix with motor traffic.
  6. Compliance: 20mph is as enforceable as any speed limit. Even with no additional police enforcement, speeds reduce by up to 6mph on faster roads.
  7. Affordable (and cost effective): Multiple economic, societal and environmental benefits at low cost. Entry signs plus repeaters remind drivers with no need for physical calming or additional enforcement.
  8. Little journey time impact: Congestion, junctions and crossings are the determining factors in built up areas and 20mph rarely affects journey times or bus timetables.

Bucklesham Parish Council have no jurisdiction over road speed limits and this is not something that we have the power to change ourselves. The purpose of passing a motion in support of the Campaign would simply be to demonstrate to Suffolk Highways the strength of feeling within Bucklesham about the proposal.

Before Bucklesham Parish Council discuss this motion we would like to know how you, the residents of Bucklesham, feel about the Campaign and its aims.

The Campaign will be discussed at the next Parish Council meeting on 1st November 2023 at 7pm in the Bucklesham Village Hall.

If you would like to let the Council know how you feel about the request for the Parish Council to pass a motion in support of the campaign, please do come along.

Alternatively, you can show your support or opposition by contacting the Parish Council Clerk at anytime before Friday 27th October.

More information can be found at 20splenty.org

You can also access our very quick online survey at  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FNL6TK