THE speed limit on the Solihull by-pass is to be cut to 50mph.Council chiefs agreed the reduction for between the M42 roundabout to where it forks into a slip road connecting to the Warwick Road into Solihull.
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Reductions to 50mph will be put in place in the Catherine-de-Barnes area and Hampton-in-Arden.
See a map of all changes here (pdf, 8mb).
Some 24 responses supported the by-pass plan while nine opposed it.
Some objections questioned the extent to which speed played a part in collisions.
One said ‘money would be better spent elsewhere and that drivers may be unaware of 30mph speed limits where there are no repeater signs’.
The changes to all the speed limits will cost Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council £150,000.
Yet a council report said: “Having considered all representations, it is considered that the safety, environmental and economic advantages of the speed limit changes outweigh the disadvantages.”
And it said: “It is not anticipated that police enforcement activity in the borough will
increase as a result of any speed limit changes.”
A road safety engineer’s report said there was ‘no evidence’ to back claims by some who responded to the proposed changes that accident data was ‘flawed’.
The council was told to review all A and B roads by the Government.
A 50mph limit will also be introduced at the B4102 Solihull Road from its junction with Catherine-de-Barnes Lane to west of its junction with Eastcote Lane.
And the B4438 Catherine-de-Barnes Lane will be reduced from its junction with Hampton Lane south of St. Peters Lane.
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