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To: Kieran Collins, Highways Commissioner, Cheshire West and Chester Council
20mph Limit on Hadlow Road (B5151) in Willaston
Extend the proposed 20mph limits in WIllaston to include the full length of Hadlow Road (B5151)
Why is this important?
The plans are for a 20mph speed limit on the minor roads (many of which barely see a traffic speed much more than that) adjoining Hadlow Road, however there is no proposal to reduce the speed limit on Hadlow Road itself.
Hadlow Road is home to several young families, elderly residents, and is used heavily by equestrians and cyclists.
An extension of the 20mph limit to the length of Hadlow Road, from the (already 20mph) centre of Willaston, to the junction with the A540 would significantly reduce danger to residents (many of whom are elderly), their children, users of the Wirral Way and Hadlow Road Station, cyclists and equestrians, reduce pollution, noise, potentially traffic levels and be of benefit to Willaston as a community by encouraging more residents out.
The centre of Willaston has already been successfully turned into a 20mph limit.
Residents and users of Hadlow road regularly face aggression from drivers who do not slow after coming from the 50mph stretch of Hadlow Road, and have to brake hard to avoid people crossing, or even lose control on the bends. Cars have mounted pavements at speed and crashed into garden walls on several occasions. Young children cross this road every day to get to and from School.
If action is not taken to reduce the speeds on Hadlow Road, it is a matter of 'when' not 'if' someone gets killed or seriously injured.
