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Shaftesbury Park Estate 20mph zone

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I’ve posted about this a few times before, but investigated a little further when asked by a resident recently if it was still happening. They had not seen any of the works they expected taking place. I was also a little confused when Transport for London (TfL) started working on the other side of Latchmere
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20mph zone for Shaftesbury Park Estate

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Following consultation with residents the Shaftesbury Park Estate will be getting a 20mph zone, one of the borough’s first. Reducing speed limits has been a frequent request in all my time as a councillor. The problem was that it just couldn’t be enforced – the police have other priorities and traditional speed bumps have severe
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Shaftesbury Park Estate to be a 20mph zone

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Following on from the introduction of the local safety scheme on the Shaftesbury Park Estate the council is now looking at introducing a 20mph speed limit on the estate’s roads. 20mph zones are tricky, largely because they need to be enforced and are not (I would say quite rightly) a priority for the police at
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