I have recently received the outcome of another traffic survey. On this occasion it was carried out in Victoria Road, West Ferry, in response to concerns raised by some of the residents.
Having considered the data the council’s transportation manager has advised me that:
“…the average speed of vehicles on Victoria Road is about 27 mph and this indicates that there is no significant speed issue on this road. Cobbled streets tend to be noisier that normal tarmac streets and this gives the impression that vehicles are travelling along faster than they actually are. There are a number of cobbled streets in the city and this perception of higher speeds is a common occurrence with them. There have been no pedestrian injury accidents on this section of road although there have been some vehicle accidents at the junctions of Strathern Road and Dundee Road which are main roads that carry high volumes of traffic. The accidents are not speed related although we will continue monitoring these roads through our AIP procedures.”
