Over 70 people attended the Dringhouses ward committee meeting yesterday. (Labour refused to hold a similar meeting in either the Westfield or Acomb Wards, probably because there are no opposition Councillors in either of those wards)

Although there were some in favour of the 20mph limit there was a majority against.

There was a lot of objection to the fact that there will not be a leaflet drop to every house, a lot of people felt that this was being imposed, that they hadn’t been asked and there was no mandate. Just because it was apparently in their manifesto didn’t mean everyone who voted Labour supported 20mph limits!

Basically residents were saying that the money would be better spent on enforcement and targeted road safety imporvement work.

Councillors have promised to have the next meeting to coincide with the results of the informal consultation and the formal proposals.

(Interestingly the 20mph website only allows you to express your support for 20mph limits and currently there is no online form or dedicated email address you can use to comment. The web site is pretty juvenile anyway http://www.york20mph.org/)

Liberal Democrats will continue to oppose the plans to introduce a wide area 20 mph speed limit