Increased speed camera deployment planned for Scottish Borders

Motorists heading to and from the Scottish Borders this summer should be aware of increased deployment of speed cameras including on the A7 road north of Galashiels which now has a 50mph limit. Over the summer months the East Safety Camera Unit will be operating additional short term deployments of the mobile safety camera van […]

Essex: A120 in Harwich to be reduced to 50mph

Overnight works will take place this summer on the A120 in Essex between Horsley Cross roundabout and Parkeston ahead of plans to introduce a 50mph speed limit. National Highways have confirmed that the eight-mile stretch of road will now have a new reduced limit. This comes after lobbying by Harwich councillor Ivan Henderson who previously described the section between Horsley […]

Accident closes Borders road hours before speed limit reduction introduced

A Borders road has been closed following a crash – just hours before a new speed limit designed to make it safer comes into force. Emergency services were called out to the incident on the B6357 at Saughtree around 3.25pm on Sunday afternoon. It comes the day before the road’s 60mph limit was due to […]

Southern Scotland set for 50mph speed limit pilot

A 50mph speed limit pilot is to be introduced across four roads in southern Scotland. The routes for the 50mph (80km/h) trial are the A7 north of Galashiels, the B6357 from Carter Bar, the A708 Moffat to Selkirk and the A6088 from Kielder to Bonchester Bridge. The aim is to reduce the amount of motorbike […]