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Uppingham Town Council votes for speed limit to be cut on Leicester Road
The speed limit on a road in Uppingham is set to be reduced from 50mph to 40mph.
Rutland County Council asked Uppingham Town Council to consider a request to alter the legal limit on Leicester Road, from Shepherd’s Way to the 30mph zone near Lime Tree Avenue.
Councillors voted for the change at a full Uppingham Town Council meeting on Wednesday evening and proposed that the limit could be lowered further pending future developments along the route.
However, a number of councillors were not in favour of the change.
Speaking at the meeting Coun Ron Simpson said: “For me the reduction meets the concerns of people in the town.
“There are houses down there and I will support the limit going from a 40mph to 30mph.”
Coun Richard Reeve believed there was no need for the reduction.
He said: “All you are going to do is protect fields along a straight road.
“There are no bends and it does not have a history of accidents. There hasn’t been a crash in my memory.”
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