The Preston Western Distributor Road - officially Edith Rigby Way - will keep its 50mph speed limit
The speed limit on the new Preston Western Distributor Road will remain at 50mph after faster options were deemed too dangerous. Lancashire County Council’s cabinet has decided to make the arrangement permanent by replacing the temporary traffic order that has governed the top speed along what is now officially known as Edith Rigby Way since it opened in early July.
That followed a change of mind by County Hall highways bosses who had carried out a public consultation on the higher speed only at the turn of the year. In spite of there being no objections to the 70mph proposal, the authority later decided to lower the limit at which vehicles could travel along the corridor over safety concerns because of the volume of new housing in the area – and it undertook a second consultation in April.
The East-West Link Road – now christened William Young Way – will be 40mph between Edith Rigby Way and shortly before its junction with Sandy Lane. The remainder of the route through to Tom Benson Way and Lightfoot Lae will have a top speed of 30mph. As part of the original plans, a new section of Bartle Lane was always proposed to be set at 30mph, because of its design and geometry. However, highways officials agreed to extend that limit to the entire route, after developments in the area changed the nature of the road compared to when the wider scheme was originally designed.
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