A Cumbrian council is progressing 17 new community-backed 20mph speed limits to the next stage of consultation.
Westmorland and Furness Council approved the phase three schemes this month following a consultation that received more than 2,000 responses regarding 26 proposals.
Eleven schemes will move forward as originally proposed, while six will see amendments based on feedback.
Nine schemes did not receive enough support and will not be taken forward.
The authority said that the schemes focused on areas in built-up towns and villages with a current maximum speed limit of 40mph or less.
Since 2023, the council has approved 60 20mph schemes across three phases.
Eden
- Schemes for Bolton, Maulds Meaburn and Newbiggin-on-Lune will be taken forward without amendments.
- The scheme for Kirkby Stephen will be taken forward with amendments.
- Proposed schemes for Castletown in Penrith, Culgaith, Hunsonby and Winskill and Little Salkeld will not move forward.
Furness
- Schemes for Barrow Island Community School, Greengate Junior School, Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School and South Walney Infants and Primary Schools will be taken forward without amendments.
- Schemes for St Bernard’s Roman Catholic High School and Yarlside Primary School will be taken forward with amendments.
- Yarlside scheme extended into part of Yarlside Road.
The proposed scheme for North Walney will not be taken forward. Members of the Furness Locality Board agreed that there was sufficient community support for the Barrow Island, Greengate and South Walney schemes to justify taking them forward, despite conclusive support not being demonstrated through the initial consultation.
South Lakeland
- Schemes for High Carley and Pennington, Lowick Green and Outgate will be taken forward without amendments.
- Schemes for Burneside, Grasmere and Ulverston will be taken forward with amendments. For the Ulverston scheme, it means including Soutergate, a section of Town Bank Road, Rake Lane and Oakwood Drive.
- Proposed schemes for Elterwater, Rydal, Troutbeck and Windermere will not be taken forward.
Statutory consultation and advertisement of the proposed Traffic Regulation Orders will start soon to give people a final opportunity to share their views about the detailed final designs before any scheme is rolled out.
The requests came through an application route launched by Westmorland and Furness Council in December 2023.
The approach accelerated the application process by several months, leading to 49 requests covering 79 proposed schemes across the area.
