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Drivers will be made to drop their speed in Grouville and St. Helier as new speed limits come into force early next year.
A 20mph speed limit will be enforced in Gorey Village as well as in Havre des Pas and all roads within St. Helier ring road, after the Minister for Infrastructure approved the changes brought forward by the parishes. Grouville Coast Road, meanwhile, will be limited to 30mph.
The changes are part of an island-wide review of speed limits being carried out under the Road Safety Action Plan introduced by the former Department for Infrastructure at the end of 2016. Similar reductions were introduced in St. Brelade last year.
St. Helier's Roads Committee unanimously voted in favour of the 20mph speed limit on all roads within the ring road last year. It came after the Parish carried out a consultation with local residents, with a vast majority of the responses in favour of a lower speed limit.
Pictured: Speed limit will be limited to 20mph in the Havre des Pas area.
Speaking at the time, Constable Crowcroft told Express he hoped it would make the parish a safer place for all members of the community. “Why should St Aubin's village, St Peter or St Mary benefit from lower speed limits when they are far more people living in the streets of St Helier trying to walk, cycle and bring up their families? Why should they be denied the right to be safer?" he questioned.
The Minister for Infrastructure, Deputy Kevin Lewis, who approved the changes, commented: “This is the next step in our ongoing programme to review speed limits in Jersey and I look forward to being able to sign similar decisions for other parishes over the coming months.”
Officers will now draft the necessary legal changes to alter the speed limits which are expected to come into force early next year. Once the law has been amended, road signs will then be changed.
All Jersey’s speed limits will be reviewed by the end of next year to improve road safety and make sure that the setting of speed limits is consistent across all parishes.
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