New 40mph speed limit to be introduced on B530 just outside of Bedford
It looks like the B530 Ampthill Road at Houghton Conquest could be getting a new 40mph speed limit.
Central Beds Council plans to introduce the restrictions in response to a raft of changes nearby.
A new roundabout is being constructed as well as a shared-use pedestrian and cycle path, and neighbouring residential development.
The council plans to introduce the speed limit on the following length of road in Houghton Conquest:
>Ampthill Road, from a point approx 212 metres southwest of a point in line with the common property boundary between number 1 and number 2 Ampthill Road and extending in a north-easterly direction for approx 298 metres up to the roundabout junction with Turvey Road
>Ampthill Road, from the roundabout junction with Turvey Road and extending in a northerly direction for approx 401 metres
>Turvey Road, from the roundabout junction with Ampthill Road and extending in an easterly direction for approx 29 metres
If you want to have your say, you’ve got until November 12 to email [email protected]. Any objections must state the grounds on which they are made and must quote unique reference number TRO-134.
Or you can write to Emily Hirst, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ.
It’s worth noting any comments received will be redacted of personal information and uploaded on to the council website as part of a report on the scheme a few days before the proposal is discussed at the relevant traffic management meeting, where it will remain in the public domain. If you don’t want your comments to be part of the report, state this explicitly within your response.