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Town Centre 20 MPH Speed Limit Scheme

(20) Now in force

As part of the Town Centre Improvements the Local Transport Plan for Ipswich, it was approved when considering the bus gyratory that the whole of the town centre should be restricted to 20-MPH speed limit. The town centre being defined as that area bounded by the following streets, Crown Street, St Margaret's Street, Bond Street, Waterworks Street, Star Lane, Greyfriars Road, Franciscan Way and Civic Drive.

This area covers the main shopping streets where the greatest number of pedestrians is present and traffic speeds are generally low. The speed limit will help to reinforce the need for drivers to be aware of pedestrians.

There are very few places where speeds in excess of 20 mph can be maintained within this area and the number of pedestrians is high particularly during the day. The introduction of a 20 mph speed limit over the whole area of the town centre streets would enable signs on the entry points to indicate that this is a special 20 mph zone and would emphasise the need for drivers to reduce speed.

Affected Roads

Arcade Street	Black Horse Lane	Buttermarket	Carr Street
Cornhill	Cox Lane	Coytes Gardens	Cromwell Square
Curriers Lane	Cutler Street	Dial Lane	Dog's Head Street
Eagle Street	Elm Street	Falcon Street	Fore Street - Eagle Street to Star Lane
Foundation Street	Friars Street	Great Colman Street	High Street - Westgate St to Crown St
King Street	Lion Street	Lloyds Avenue	Lower Brook Street
Lower Orwell Street	Museum Street	Northgate Street	Old Foundry Road
Orwell Place	Peel Street	Pleasant Row	Princess Street - Cornhill to Civic Drive
Providence Street	Queen Street	Rose Lane	Shire Hall Yard
Silent Street	Smart Street	St Lawrence Street	St Matthews Street Service Road
St Peter's Street	St Stephen's Lane	St. Nicholas Street	Tacket Street
Tavern Street	Tower Ramparts	Tower Street	Turret Lane
Union Street	Upper Barclay Street	Upper Brook Street	Upper Orwell Street
Westgate Street	Westgate Street Service Road	Wingfield Street

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Town Centre 20 MPH Speed Limit Scheme

Affected Roads