Two more villages included in 20mph scheme

A new 20mph zone is to be introduced to two villages after most residents backed the proposal during a consultation.

Cambridgeshire County Council has been introducing the speed restriction scheme across the county in recent years.

It has now agreed to extend the speed limit to most residential roads in built-up parts of Houghton and Wyton, near St Ives, except along the A1123.

Most of the 27 people who took part in a statutory county council consultation supported the plan, with one describing "careless and inconsiderate driving", but four objected and questioned whether the lower limit would be enforced.

A consultation in 2023 ran by Houghton and Wyton Parish Council found 90% respondents supported the introduction of a 20mph zone, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

This was followed by the statutory county council consultation.

One parent said they supported the move because their daughter rides her bike to the village school and they had noticed traffic "often not slowing down sufficiently".

Another supporter said as a resident who was both a cyclist and a pedestrian the 20mph limit was "realistic and safe".

But an objector feared "20mph increases the conflict between drivers particularly when some will drive far below 20mph" and added "stop ruining the village with more pointless metal signs".

A date for the new zone's implementation has yet to be set.