Residents want ten miles an hour speed limit on service road
A REQUEST to slash a speed limit to just ten miles an hour on a stretch of highway used as ‘rat run’ in a busy suburb has gone in to Rotherham Council.
Motorists trying to dodge congestion at the Oaks Lane junction with Upper Wortley Road in Kimberworth are blamed for causing problems on the ‘slip road’ which runs between the main road and housing.
Residents have now put in a petition to the council calling for range of measures to deter speeding traffic, including a new speed restriction and speed humps similar to those used in Thorpe Hesley.
The petition was presented to councillors by Janet Porter who has lived in the area since the 1960s.
The stretch of the ‘slip road’ causing concern is between Oaks Lane and the Droppingwell pub, and concerns were exacerbated by a lack of separate pavement on the carriageway.
“It is worse during busy periods, rush hour and school drop offs, both AM and PM.
“People with children in push chairs, going to the school and park have to walk on it.
“I have tried to talk to people and ask them if they could keep their speed down
“All got was aggressive behaviour and verbal abuse. The risk is serious, if vehicles are allowed to continue using the slip-road there is a high risk of injury or death,” she said.
The area had been monitored for driver behaviour previously, she said, but that had happened at the ‘wrong’ times of day: “It needs to be done during the busiest times,” she said.