Plans have been put forward for tougher speed limits across the seaside resort
Large parts of Blackpool could change to a lower speed limit as part of a major travel and transport review. Drivers could be asked to slow down to 20mph in the town centre as part of proposals to encourage more people to walk and cycle in the resort.
It says Blackpool should “investigate potential for a 20mph speed limit across the town centre, along with associated traffic calming measures”. The report says lower traffic speed “improves safety for all road users and fosters a more comfortable environment for walking, wheeling and cycling”. It should “be supported by traffic calming measures, as needed, to make the speed limit self-enforcing” and “an area-wide policy could be considered rather than on a street-by-street basis”. Other suggestions include creating more pedestrianised areas in the town centre, removing some on-street parking to ‘reduce car dominance’, and providing more pedestrian crossings on the Promenade.
The strategy aims to double the number of people cycling at least once a week in Lancashire by 2028 to 268,000 adults, and to increase the number of people walking in the county by 10 per cent by 2028, with 873,000 adults walking at least once a week and 67,000 primary school aged children usually walking to school.
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