Roads' twentyis plenty saysparish council

The current 30mph speed limit should be cut to 20mph to increase safety, it has suggested.

The council wants the lower speed imposed on both Upper Bognor Road/Felpham Road from the Butlins roundabout to the Downview Road traffic lights and Limmer Lane/Summerley Lane.

Strategically placed planters could be used to discourage through-traffic. In addition, Limmer Lane should have road edge lining to emphasise its narrowness and lack of pavements.

Parish council clerk Doug Hammond said: 'These measures would have a significant impact on safety, particularly that of pedestrians, as these roads currently suffer quite badly from fast moving vehicles, most notably on the blind bends that exist.'

Creating the low speed area would enable a Home Zone, where pedestrians come first, to be created over much of southern Felpham.

This would have just four entrances '“ Upper Bognor Road, Felpham Road, Ley Road and Summerley Lane.

The concept of reclaiming roads from vehicles could also be extended to two further zones off the A259.

One would be north of the through road in the area between Downview Road, Roundle Road and Lionel Avenue. The other would cover the Flansham Park area. The idea of covering thousands of households with the schemes would radically affect the character of their roads.

'Clearly, this would need much further discussion but, at face value, it would seem to be a cost-effective solution to improving safety in these residential areas,' said Mr Hammond.

The ideas are in a list of projects which the parish council has compiled to be funded from the 1m which the developers of the 700 Felpham homes of site six will be providing for highways schemes to offset the impact of the new residents.

The schemes are to be initially considered by next Wednesday'smeeting of the Joint Western Area Committee of parish, district and county councils.