Today I met a representative of the local authority at my home to discuss my proposal for a 20mph speed limit zone in my area. It was a good meeting. He was quite sympathetic to the project having been once involved in implementing such schemes in Northampton. Some ideas were new to me.

One of the big problems is that often the majority of residents in a zone will be quite enthusiastic about a scheme but friction can arise when speeds do not drop after its introduction and people feel let down.

Another factor that is new to me is that once a 20mph zone is in place then the police stop monitoring the speed in the area, they consider that the local authority have taken it upon themselves to manage the speed in the area.

He thought that one way to make progress was to try to combine the scheme with a proposal for a community action group. He will find out about these and contact me again.