Purpose

Report regarding the implementation of new
speed limits within Banff & Buchan

Content

Committee agreed:
 

The recommendations as per the
report; and

 

To request the following limits are
considered at Infrastructure Services Committee:

 
a)   
Cemetery Road, Fraserburgh - extend past Fraserburgh Golf Club
entrance for road safety reasons as there is a pedestrian crossing
and a lot of traffic.  
 

b)   
Strichen Road, Fraserburgh –
request the following: 
 
·      
replace 30mph with 20mph speed limit  -
parents requesting as a busy school route.
 
·      
extend 20mph speed limit past Kirkton Road junction and West Road
– school route and busy bus stop. 
 
·      
extend 20mph speed limit from roundabout at Boothby Road down to
A90. 

c)    
Ladysbridge – request to replace 60mph speed limit with 20mph
speed limit following representations at Area Committee, Health and
Safety concerns with 60mph limit heading towards a very busy
junction where there has been a number of serious accidents over
the years and also in terms of the residential area where residents
have raised concerns about speeding. 
 

3.    
The Implementation Guide for 20mph Speed Limits in Scotland
Guidance and current Speed Limits policy to be forwarded onto
Members.