Via has installed 40 interactive speed sign schemes over the past 12 months, aimed at improving safety on Nottinghamshire’s roads.
These have been paid for by the Nottinghamshire County Council out of the additional £20m cash pot which it earmarked last year for repairing and improving the county’s local road network.
Chairman of the council’s Communities and Place Committee Councillor John Cottee said: “We listened to local communities across the county and, as a result, are allocating the £20m to schemes which reflect local priorities and concerns.
“So, as well as being used to tackle the backlog of maintenance on residential roads across the county and reducing delays for motorists making local journeys, the cash is being targeted to help reduce reported road traffic accidents that result in injury to road users.
“Interactive speed signs are one example of the road safety measures, along with the introduction of 20 mph speed limits and safety cameras, such as those installed on Peafield Lane in Mansfield Woodhouse,” added Coun Cottee, who checked out the interactive speed signs on A638 Great North Road, Torworth which have recently been installed.
“The scheme A638 Great North Road, Torworth, has been installed to increase drivers’ awareness of their speed when travelling through this residential village.”
By the end of this spring, the Council will have installed interactive speed signs at the following locations:
Ashfield
Diamond Avenue (opposite No 151, westbound), Kirkby-In-Ashfield
Mansfield Road (southeast of Manitoba Way), Selston
Salmon Lane (west of Skegby Rd), Annesley
Bassetlaw
Great North Rd (opposite Vicarage Lane, southbound), Scrooby
Limes Avenue (south of Welfitt Grove), Nether Langwith
Main Street (west of Meadow Lane), Bothamsall
Mattersey Road (outside No12, southbound), Sutton cum Lound
North Road (southeast of Randall Way, southbound), Retford
Ollerton Rd (north of Gleneagles Way, northbound), Ordsall
Ordsall Road (northwest of Ordsall Park Rd, northbound), Retford
Retford Road (west of Priory Farm), South Leverton
Shireoaks Road (east of Spring Lane), Shireoaks
Shireoaks Common (outside No 97, eastbound), Shireoaks
Broxtowe
Moorgreen (opposite Ruben Shaw Garden Centre, northbound)
Gedling
Mansfield Lane (northeast of Park Road), Calverton
Chapel Lane (opposite No 128, southbound), Ravenshead
Mansfield
Bishops Walk (opposite No 50), Church Warsop
Chatsworth Drive, Mansfield
Netherfield Lane (outside the Three Lions pub), Meden Vale
Water Lane (near Teversal Avenue, southeast bound), Pleasley
Newark & Sherwood
Beckingham Road (near the junction with Main Street, eastbound), Coddington
Bleasby Road (outside Rookwood, northeast bound), Goverton
Eakring Road (southeast of Milner Fields), Wellow
Farndon Road (southwest of The Ivies), Newark
Inholms Road (outside No 40, southbound), Flintham
Main Street (outside The Chestnuts, near the junction with Longhedge Lane, southwest bound), Alverton
Newark Road, Kneesall
Newark Road, Ollerton
Rufford Lane, Rufford
Staythorpe Road (outside The Walnuts), Rolleston
Winthorpe Road (outside No 56, southbound), Newark
Rushcliffe
Colston Road (eastbound), Cropwell Bishop
Colston Road (outside No 29, westbound, Cropwell Bishop
Leake Road, northwest of East Leake
Main Street, West Leake
Melton Gardens (outside No 37), West Bridgford
Station Road (outside Highfields, northbound), Orston
West Leake Road (near Field End Close), East Leake
Wellington Avenue (near Fairway Crescent), Newton
Signs have already been installed at 32 of these locations over the last 12 months, with the remaining sites due to be completed over the next month.
The vehicle-activated warning signs already installed in the county at locations for casualty reduction reasons have resulted in a 71.6 per cent reduction in accidents resulting in injury.
Interactive speed signs are only used where the speeds of traffic exceed police enforcement guidelines and are prioritised based on speed and volume of traffic.
Earlier this month, the council reiterated its commitment to repairing and improving the county’s roads when it approved the raft of highways schemes, costing £43.3m, it currently plans to deliver during 2019/20.
