New 20mph speed limits could be introduced on two residential roads in High Barnet.
Barnet Council has confirmed it is carrying out speed surveys on Salisbury Road and Stapylton Road “to establish whether there is an issue of speeding”.
The move comes after the council said it had received requests from residents and councillors to review the speed limit and reduce it.
If implemented, this will tie in with City Hall’s ‘Vision Zero’ policy which has the target that, by 2041, “all deaths and serious injuries will be eliminated from London’s transport network”.
The Greater London Authority says that it wants to introduce “safer speed limits” because “if you hit someone at 30mph they’re five times more likely to die than if you hit them at 20mph”.
The current speed limit on both Salisbury Road and Stapylton Road in High Barnet is 30mph. If the surveys show that speeding is a problem, the council says it will carry out a public consultation on reducing the limit.
Stapylton Road and Salisbury Road both link to Barnet High Street and suffer from high traffic levels.
A council spokesperson said: “We are committed to improving road safety and listening to the views of our residents.
“Following requests from residents and councillors, we are planning to carry out speed surveys on Salisbury Road and Stapylton Road to establish whether there is an issue of speeding.
“These surveys, which involve collecting speed data for 24 hours per day over a seven-day period, will be used to determine whether the introduction of any road safety measures is required.
“If a scheme is progressed, our proposals will go to a public consultation to seek the views of the wider area. Speed surveys are part of our road safety and parking application process.”
All current 20mph zones in Barnet can be viewed online at openstreetbrowser.org
Local Democracy Reporter Grace Howarth covers the London boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey as part of the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), reporting on local government, housing, planning and community issues.
