'Slow down' is message from Viking School pupils
9:06am Monday 16th January 2012 in Where I Live By Hannah Kurzawski
Message understood? Cllr Mahfouz with Chantelle Nayyer, who designed the sign
SIGNS designed by a Viking Primary School pupil are being used to inform drivers of a new 30mph speed limit in Yeading Lane, Northolt.
The road is in the last in Ealing to have its speed limit reduced as part of a new borough-wide 30mph limit, which aims to improve safety.
Viking pupils joined Cllr Bassam Mahfouz to put up the first of the signs at the junction of Radcliffe Way, a short way from the school.
Yeading Lane’s new speed limit will come into force on Thursday, January 19.
Cllr Mahfouz, cabinet member for transport and environment, said: “It’s always tragic when someone is seriously injured on our roads, but what’s worse is that so often accidents are preventable.”
The new 30mph limit is the maximum allowed on any borough road, but lower limits will remain in some locations, such as outside schools.
Speed limits on the borough’s main trunk roads, such as the A40 and Uxbridge Road, will continue to be set by Transport for London.
