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Notices have appeared on lamp posts in Davidson Road advising of a proposed 20mph limit. As these notices are few and far between and may never be seen by residents, local paper deliveries have pretty much ceased (there were about three editions of the Croydon Guardian delivered in 2008 and The Post hasn't been seen much lately) and the Croydon Council website isn't much use for broadcasting this sort of information (and not much better even if you know the information is there), it isn't clear how residents are being consulted about this proposal. For info the text of the notice is:

PROPOSED 20 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT IN DAVIDSON ROAD, CROYDON

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Croydon Council, proposes to make a Traffic Order under the relevant Sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, and all other enabling powers.

2. The general effect of the Order will be to prohibit any motor vehicle exceeding a speed of 20 miles per hour in Davidson Road.

3. A copy of the proposed Order, of the Council’s Statement of Reasons for proposing to make the Order and of a map indicating the lengths of roads to which the proposed Order relates can be inspected until the last day of a period of six weeks beginning with the date on which the Order is made or, as the case may be, the Council decides not to make the Order, during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive at the “Access Croydon” facility, Taberner House, Park Lane, Croydon, Surrey.

4. Further information may be obtained by telephoning, Traffic and Road Safety Section, Regeneration and Infrastructure Division on 020 – 8726 7100 extension 62858.

5. Persons desiring to object to the proposed Order should send a statement in writing of their objection and the grounds thereof to the Order Making Section, Parking Services, Community Services, 9th Floor, South West Side, Taberner House, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1EN or emailing Parking.Design@croydon.gov.uk quoting the reference CS/PS/JGH/7/B4 by 1 April 2009.

6. The proposed Order is intended to introduce a speed limit of 20 mph in Davidson Road, Croydon. These measures should help reduce traffic speeds, provide more time for pedestrians to cross the road and improve road safety throughout the area, which should particularly benefit children, the elderly and those with mobility problems.

Tom Jeffrey
Executive Director of Community Services

Dated this 11 March 2009.