I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of residents of the village of Wetheral calling for traffic-calming measures, including a 20 mph zone, to improve the safety of pedestrians and other road users.
The issue of traffic calming was raised with me by local residents at a coffee morning I held in Wetheral a few months ago. The introduction of a 20 mph zone and other measures would build on the excellent work of Wetheral parish council, which has recently funded the installation of a speed camera in the village. However, Wetheral residents remain concerned by the speed of traffic through the village, and the lack of pavements on stretches of road. A total of 298 residents signed the petition that local people, members of the parish council and I took door to door around the village.
The petitioners
“therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to work with the relevant local authorities to introduce traffic calming measures”,
including the establishment of a 20 mph zone in Wetheral.
Following is the full text of the petition:
[The petition of residents of Wetheral and the wider Carlisle constituency,
Declares that traffic calming measures, including the establishment of a 20mph zone, should be introduced to the village of Wetheral.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to work with the relevant local authorities to introduce traffic calming measures in Wetheral, specifically the implementation of a 20mph speed limit through the village to improve road safety.
And the petitioners remain, etc.]
[P003207]