20mph speed limit sign Picture: PA Change is needed for the way community 20mph zones in Dorset are dealt with, councillors have been told. Several say the Government guidelines are too strict and wrongly based on accident figures rather than making a positive contribution to where people live. Cllr Roland Tarr says the current thinking needs to be reversed, especially with coronavirus, and ways need to be found to slow traffic down and persuade cyclists and pedestrian to make more use of the roads. Councillors at a meeting heard there was widespread frustration with the 20mph zone application process with many communities wanting the lower speed limits – only to be told they did not meet the guidelines.
20mph speed limit sign Picture: PA Change is needed for the way community 20mph zones in Dorset are dealt with, councillors have been told. Several say the Government guidelines are too strict and wrongly based on accident figures rather than making a positive contribution to where people live. Cllr Roland Tarr says the current thinking needs to be reversed, especially with coronavirus, and ways need to be found to slow traffic down and persuade cyclists and pedestrian to make more use of the roads. Councillors at a meeting heard there was widespread frustration with the 20mph zone application process with many communities wanting the lower speed limits – only to be told they did not meet the guidelines.
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