Issue - meetings

By Councillor Lang - Council Led Enforcement of Speed Limits

“Council;

1)         recognises the ongoing work to improve road safety by reducing vehicle speeds across the city, including an upcoming consultation on extending 20mph speed limits.

2)         notes the decision of the Transport & Environment Committee on 18 August 2022 which acknowledged the ongoing concern over current levels of enforcement by Police Scotland and the Convener’s letter to the Area Commander raising this concern.

3)         notes that Wandsworth Council has now been granted an experimental order to commence a pilot scheme, allowing it to issue its own fines for excessive speeding within residential 20mph zones, separate from police enforcement, with all monies raised reinvested into road safety initiatives.

4)         believes any similar initiative in Edinburgh could allow the Council to better respond to residents’ concerns over speeding within residential areas.

5)         therefore agrees that the Convener of Transport & Environment should write to the Scottish Government to request that Edinburgh Council be allowed to undertake a similar pilot study in Scotland.”