Great news for Forres

This is fantastic news that its actually happening. The whole community will benefit from huge increase in quality of life. Most of the people who will benefit (drivers included) are not natural complainers or commenters. The young, the old, and the vulnerable are often not even aware of the debate.

20mph limits, with minor changes, have been proven to be a huge success elsewhere. Moray Council, please don't listen to a few loud naysayers. The facts in favour are plain despite what some social media may reflect.

In Forres it would be sensible to remove the small 30mph zones entirely. 20mph everywhere inside town limits is the cheapest, safest and best option. See below.

Market St. Is narrow, congested, residential and a walking route to the Station. Make it 20mph
Nairn Rd, Tesco, Lidl. A very busy walking, cycling, shopping route, practically an extension of the High St. Make it 20mph
Victoria Rd. Past Grant Park and a playground and busy walking, cycling route to Kinloss, Findhorn, Enterprise Park. Make it 20mph.
Grantown Rd and St Cathines Rd. Past the busy Health Centre and kids playground. Make it 20mph
Coop roundabout and Grantown Rd. 40mph here is crazy. It is now a busy residential and shopping area. Make it 20mph
Two playgrounds at Mannachie and Grant Park still show as 30mph limits past them, crazy, just make it all 20mph.
Industrial estates including the Enterprise Park. Busy with people and heavy vehicles, don't mix well. Make it all 20mph.

In Forres, for safety, cost saving, simplicity and quality of life for all, remove the remaining 30mph altogether and have 20mph everywhere inside town limits. In Forres there is very little through traffic because of the bypass so any Nairn comparison is invalid. The clarity for drivers and cyclist, pedestrians will also be a big safety increase. The money saving on signage and street clutter, will be significant by not have 20/30 changes all over the place.

This makes sense. Moray Council, please extend the 20mph in Forres to the benefit of the whole community.

Pointless-Then it will we can save xyz going 15mph

This proposal does not appear to be a practical solution. Similar schemes in other towns and cities have produced mixed results. In Wales, where a nationwide 20 mph limit was introduced, there was significant public backlash and some roads were later reviewed and reverted back to 30 mph. This suggests that a blanket approach is not always the most effective.A common-sense approach would be to keep 20 mph limits where they already make sense, such as around schools, hospitals, and busy residential streets. In other areas, such as new housing developments, it would be more reasonable to reduce limits from…

Findochty safety improvements

I think 20mph in Findochty isnt a bad idea, however to improve the situation where its most pressing would be to improve the road crossing towards the primary school. Pavements arent available on the entirety of Netherton Terrace and cars still drive pretty fast coming from 60mph Strathlene direction, with a corner thats restricting visibility. Therefore I think it would be good to make it 20mph as soon as entering Findochty and installing a zebra- crossing coming from Netherton Terrace into Mid Street.