SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan is supporting the Go 20 campaign by the road safety charity Brake and Allianz Insurance to make 20mph the “default urban speed limit.”
In doing so, Mr Durkan said he joins eight in 10 people (78%) across Britain who believe 20mph should be the norm around schools, on residential streets, and in village, town and city centres.
Mr Durkan said: “I am delighted to support this important campaign – and would urge drivers in Derry and throughout the North to protect people right away, by slowing down to 20mph around homes, schools and shops, even where the limit is still 30mph.
“20mph limits not only help make streets safer and more pleasant for walking and cycling, but also promise to deliver improvements in public health via reductions in congestion, pollution and noise.”
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