A 20mph zone could be kept for good following a trial amid a £1.3m upgrade of the road network in Liverpool 8.
After months of waiting and a contractor going bust, work on Kingsley Road was finally completed which included the installation of a cycle lane to provide a north-south link across the city. Studies of speed along the route conducted by Liverpool Council during an experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) period have found the average speed has dropped well below the original 30mph limit.
As a result, a temporary speed limit reduction to 20mph is recommended to become a permanent measure when the city council’s highways and public space representations committee meets next week. A report ahead of the meeting said the pop-up cycle lane on Kingsley Road was implemented using bollards but had been beset by cars parking along the route.
