Caerphilly Mountain speed limit reduction
Discussion
Coming home from work this evening, the blighters have been out and reduced the speed limit from 60 to 40mph. They have been putting up the new signs today it seems.
The limit used to be 60mph all the way from near the Thornhill Crematorium right up to the top and down into Caerphilly. They dropped it to 40mph from the Crematorium up to the New House hotel a year or so ago, even though there are no houses and only 1 junction on that route.
Now they've extended the 40mph zone all the way through the mountain.
How do they notify people about this so that you can object? A small A4 note hanging on an obscure lamp post that you are never going to see as you drive past probably.
Is it possible to object to this sort of nonsense?
What they should be doing is sign-posting the road properly !
How about some sharp-bend signs and cheverons on the really sharp bend at the bottom of the hill?
Or maybe a pair of Junction sign near the junction that is hard to see as you approach.
All too quickly do they drop the speed limit rathe than giving drivers the information that they need to drive safely.
The limit used to be 60mph all the way from near the Thornhill Crematorium right up to the top and down into Caerphilly. They dropped it to 40mph from the Crematorium up to the New House hotel a year or so ago, even though there are no houses and only 1 junction on that route.
Now they've extended the 40mph zone all the way through the mountain.
How do they notify people about this so that you can object? A small A4 note hanging on an obscure lamp post that you are never going to see as you drive past probably.
Is it possible to object to this sort of nonsense?
What they should be doing is sign-posting the road properly !
How about some sharp-bend signs and cheverons on the really sharp bend at the bottom of the hill?
Or maybe a pair of Junction sign near the junction that is hard to see as you approach.
All too quickly do they drop the speed limit rathe than giving drivers the information that they need to drive safely.
Trev450 said:
This practice is all too common in S. Wales. We've seen this happen repeatedly in the Vale and as you say with no obvious notification. What makes it even worse is in a lot of cases it is done because the road surface is crumbling and pot-holed but by reducing the speed limit they can avoid the cost of road repairs and slow the traffic down even more than it is already.
That's bad. If they are reducing speed limits just so that they don't have to repair the roads, that's well annoying.Edited by Trev450 on Tuesday 7th March 08:16
Has anyone tried requesting the reasons for speed limit reductions ?
Ironically, there was an accident or something on the road last night as the police had closed it and a fire engine was in attendance. That's after the speed limit reduction.
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