Planned speed limit cut for village wins backing

Councillors have backed reducing the speed limit to 40mph on the A153 in West Willoughby

Plans to reduce the speed limit on a Lincolnshire road in response to an increase in "anti-social driving" have been backed by councillors.

Members of the county council's planning and regulation committee discussed reducing the limit from 50mph (80km/h) to 40mph (about 65km/h) on the A153 in West Willoughby, near Ancaster, during a meeting on Monday.

They were told there had been a large number of accidents on the road.

Councillors voted for the proposal to be put forward to the executive member for highways and transport to decide whether it should be implemented.

"As we are all aware, sometimes anti-social driving is a problem," said councillor Gary Taylor, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

But fellow member Martin Hill said he was sceptical about whether drivers would keep to the new speed limit.

"My concern is that this happens a lot and the problem is that some people are starting to ignore them," he said.

"I'm concerned that the more speed reductions we put in, the more motorists won't follow them."

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