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| Oswestry Town Mayor Chris Schofield, 20s Plenty for Oswestry, Rod King MBE 31.03.14 |
“Welcome to Oswestry” was the message from Town Mayor Councillor Chris
Schofield to Rod King MBE before the public meeting at the Walls restaurant.
Rod is the founder of 20's Plenty.http://www.oswestry-tc.gov.uk/news/article/article/20s-plenty.html
The Town Council welcomed Rod King MBE to an
informal meeting held at Oswestry Guild Hall prior to the 7pm public meeting
31.03.14. At this informal meeting 20mph, DfT Guidelines and the Roads Policy
for Shropshire County Council were discussed.
Rod explained;
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229 local 20mph campaigns are in
place across the UK
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13 million people in the UK now live in 20mph residential
and town centre areas
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20mph implementation is inexpensive
Campaign
Support in addition to petition;
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Oswestry Town Council has endorsed 20mph for Oswestry
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West Mercia Police are supportive of this campaign
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All attendees of the public meeting sceptic or otherwise
confirmed there support for
20mph in Oswestry
What’s
next?
- A group will now form to
secure multi agency support for this campaign with the aim of successful
evaluation and implementation. Let me know if you can be a part of this
via email peacecycling@btinternet.com
- The next stage is to secure the support of Local Shropshire Councillors. Please contact them to demonstrate your support for 20mph in Oswestry.
Keith
Barrow, Oswestry South Division
Martin
Bennett, Oswestry East Division
Peter Alun Cherrington, Oswestry East Division
peter.cherrington@shropshire.gov.uk
Vince
Hunt, Oswestry West Division
vince.hunt@shropshire.gov.uk
