This week the Labour government have admitted that “Twenty is Plenty” and will be encouraging Councils across the country to reduce the speed limit on residential roads to 20mph.

Liberal Democrats in Bath have been campaigning across the city for 18 months, calling for this change, and hundreds of residents have signed a petition calling for 20mph limits. The British Medical Association have also backed 20mph limits, because 20mph is a much safer speed than 30, and its introduction will lead to safer communities, especially for children.

Bath MP Don Foster said,

It is clear that speeds in residential streets are just too high, and I am delighted to see that the government has now realised that ‘Twenty is Plenty’.

The response to this campaign has been positive, and we have had some success in Bath in gaining a lower limit for individual streets, but what we need is a shift across the city to lower speeds.

These comments from the government are a good start, now we need action to make it easier for councils to reduce speed limits.

The speed of traffic on residential roads is an issue that comes up at almost every door we knock on, people have been very happy to support our campaign for 20mph limits.

These days it is not often that the Labour government is ahead on an issue, but our Conservative Council has stalled on the grid when it comes to reducing speed limits. It is time they took notice of this Lib Dem campaign, because ‘Twenty is Plenty’.