Whitby Town Council is giving it's support to the 20's Plenty Campaign.
The campaign is calling for a default 20 mile per hour speed limit in urban areas.
Following a vote at the council's Town Development and Improvement committee this week the Town Council says it will now be asking the County Council to investigate a 20mph scheme in Whitby.
Town Mayor - Councillor Linda Wilde - is backing the idea.
The committee passed a resolution saying:
That the Council:
- Supports the 20’s Plenty for North Yorkshire campaign;
- Calls on North Yorkshire County Council to work in coordination with Whitby Town Council to investigate a scheme to implement 20mph in Whitby; and
- Will write to North Yorkshire County Council to support any neighbouring authority requesting 20mph speed limits on streets throughout North Yorkshire where people live, work, shop, play or learn, with 30mph as the exception on those roads, where full consideration of the needs of vulnerable road users allows a higher limit.
However there are questions over the costs of making the change - Councillor Anne Brown - is one of those with concerns.
Whitby Community Network have been calling on the Town Council to support the 20s Plenty campaign, they say:
"Since October 2022 we have been campaigning for a Default 20mph speed limit in the Whitby urban area. This would typically mean that all residential areas as well as an expanded town centre would be made 20mph. This change in speed limit would ultimately provide a much safer environment for pedestrians and cyclists, less pollution, less road noise, as well as vehicles using less fuel, and whilst doing all of this not making a major impact on journey times.
We are pleased to say that at the 20th December 2022 meeting of the Town Development and Improvement committee of Whitby Town Council (WTC) they voted unanimously in favour of Default 20mph for Whitby. Thank you to WTC for seeing the clear benefits that your residents would gain from this measure, and we look forward to North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) implementing this asap in our town, with the involvement of WTC."
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