A somewhat belated good news story. Last week (12 December) the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) for the reduction of speed limit on the A25 Seal Road from 40mph to 30mph was implemented.
The section of the road where the limit was 40mph stretched from within Sevenoaks Town (and the County Division of my neighbouring County Councillor, Richard Streatfeild) into Seal Parish (and my Division). This created an anomaly in the middle of an area that is otherwise 30mph all,the way through and added to the sense of insecurity among pedestrians, including children going to school (or walking with their parents).
It has taken quite some time to get here; the issue has been raised with me by residents over a number of years. Initially it was thought that Kent Police and Kent Highways would not agree to support it, though we later secured a change of view on this. Part of the argument for caution was that, with the change of limit, there are no longer repeater signs on this stretch of road (because under the Highway Code the presence of streetlights is taken as the indication of a 30mph limit). Nonetheless, the TRO was agreed at last December’s Joint Transportation Board. The scheme was taken on by Kent Highways’ Design and Delivery team in the summer, and handed over to contractors on 1 November.
This is, I hope, a welcome step forward for residents of both Sevenoaks and Seal.
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