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Published Date:
26 June 2009
Senior reporter
AYLESBURY is to become 'more relaxed and civilised' after £100,000 worth of funding was obtained for a new 20mph speed limit in the town centre.
The new restrictions should be in place by the beginning of next year on selected streets within the inner relief road. It comes after a campaign by Old Town residents and The Thomas Hickman charity to get the limit lowered by 10mph.

Graham Aylett, chairman of trustees at Thomas Hickman, said: "We are delighted. It is needed to make the town centre as civilised and as relaxed and sensible a place to live and do business in, as a county town centre deserves to be."

Aylesbury Vale Advantage – a consortium of local councils and other stakeholders – bid for government money designated for growth areas.

Bucks County Council will now carry out a detailed design and
consultation period, with implementation of the new limit expected at the start of 2010.

Anne James, transport and regeneration manager at the county council, said: "From the safety point of view it is about making the whole town feel better for pedestrians, making people feel it is a good place to come to and walk around."

She said that speed cameras and traffic humps are unlikely to be used to enforce the speed limits.

Other measures will be considered during the design stage.

Mr Aylett added that he hoped the new limit will be introduced as soon as possible.

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  • Last Updated: 26 June 2009 10:22 AM
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JR,

26/06/2009 14:23:19
Interesting to note where that picture was taken.
I often have problems accessing the other end of that street because of the idiots who insist on parking all over the road. (one guy actually had the nerve to accuse me of 'aggressive driving' as I tried to reverse my bus up that street - whilst he was sat in his car, parked on double yellow lines and about 8" away from the kerb).
Also interesting to note the car in the far left of the picture - parked on the pavement.
Is this now an acceptable practice?
Perhaps the residents can tidy up the parking problems first?
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Resident244,

26/06/2009 15:47:15
What a pointless exercise, jars totally with the Council's green policy as cars will need to sit in 2nd or 3rd gear to manage 20mph, thus sitting at higher revs and burning more fuel/emitting more co2.

These streets date back a hundred years or more, and people have managed to surive horse and carts, early cars and buses. If you want to make it civilised and relaxed, don't have so many late night bars and takeways.

I agree with JR, parking here is the biggest issue, these streets are too narrow to drive at the 30mph limit anyway.
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JR,

26/06/2009 23:30:30
The Council has a Green policy?
You wouldn't think so with the amount of cash they waste on bridges, murals and water features!
Talking of green policies, just how environmentally friendly is it to have 5 sets of traffic lights within a few hundred yards of each other? I've yet to drive along Friarage & hit a full set of green lights - how much extra fuel is wasted? I try to drive as frugally as possible - decellerating on approach to red lights but at times it just isn't possible.
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Rod King,

UK 27/06/2009 09:21:21
At a steady 20 mph most cars will do about 70mpg plus per gallon. A Citroen C4 will actually do 94 mpg.

Whilst the variation between steady 20 mph and steady 30 mph is about 10% either way dependent upon the car, what really consumes fuel is the constant accelerating to reach maximum speed after any obstruction or stop.

Hence a 20 mph limit will always produce less emissions than a 30 mph limit because it eliminates all the accelerating from 20 mph to 30 mph which otherwise would be consuming fuel.

Hence far from causing more pollution 20 mph speed limits substantially reduce it.

Best regards

Rod King
www.20splentyforus.org.uk
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JR,

27/06/2009 11:48:15
"what really consumes fuel is the constant accelerating to reach maximum speed after any obstruction or stop."
Which is my point regarding the huge number of traffic lights in operation along Friarage road/Exchange street.
Roundabout @ high st, 15mtrs to lights.
Then 220mtrs to the set just before the roundabout @ blue leanie.
20mtrs to roundabout.
Exit to Friarage, 20mtrs to lights
approx 90mtrs to roundabout
then approx 125 mtrs to the Bourg crossing
and 143mtrs to lights by Morrisons.
Another 35mtrs to the roundabout
Finally, 230mtrs to the next set of lights and 20-odd mtrs to the roundabout.
So, from the roundabout at the bottom of the high street, we have to accellerate & stop 10 times within 1KM - so much for the Council's green policy.
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JR,

28/06/2009 00:00:56
20mph around town just won't work. I tried it tonight & you wouldn't believe the problems it caused, not to mention the abuse I got.
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