A51/A54 Speed Limit Review Refused

The following is a news item from the Parish Council:

During the Open Forum of the November 2023 Parish Council (PC) meeting two residents from Holme Street had raised concerns regarding speeding traffic from the A51/A54 roundabout towards Chester and indicated that they would like to see a reduction from 60 to 50mph. As the matter was not on the agenda of that meeting the matter was considered at the December meeting and the PC agreed to support the request and ask Highways to carry out a review.

At the March PC meeting it was reported that a Cheshire West and Chester Council Road Safety Engineer had written to say that they were not prepared to review the speed limit as the most recent assessment for this section recommended no change in the speed limit and there hadn't been any changes other than improvements since then and as a high-quality A class road the outcome of a new assessment was extremely unlikely to recommend any changes.