New 20mph limit 'won't make much difference' on busy road

MANSFIELD ROAD RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FAVOUR CAMERAS AND SPEED BUMPS

- By JOE LOCKER

RESIDENTS and business owners in Sherwood say they remain unconvinced by plans for a 20mph speed limit on a "high risk" route and have called on the council to install speed cameras or speed bumps instead.

Business owners have been addressing the issues amid reports of heavy traffic, with Mansfield Road especially busy at this time of year due to people travelling to and from the city centre to visit the Christmas Winter Wonderland in Old Market Square and congestion stemming from wider roadworks.

Nottingham City Council was given money by the Department for Transport (DfT) earlier this year to improve the safety of two city roads.

One of them was Mansfield Road through Sherwood, where hundreds of incidents have been reported.

The funding could be used to install a new 20mph limit, as well as improvements such as new road crossings, updated signs, better road markings, and resurfacing work.

Progress is yet to be made on the improvements and the council says they should be delivered in the next two years.