Theale to be 20mph speed restriction village - consultation launched by West Berkshire Council over speed limit proposals

A village in West Berkshire could have a 20 miles per hour speed limit.

And Theale will also see many of its roads reduced from 40mph to 30mph.

The council says this is necessary to enhance the movement of vulnerable highway users around the village.

The Green could be reduced from 40mph to 30mph by way of restoring it back to restricted road status by revoking the relevant 40mph speed limit order.

Emergency service vehicles are exempt from the speed limits.

The roads being restricted to 20mph would be the entire lengths of: Alderfield Close, Andrews Close, Blatchs Close, Blossom Avenue, Blossom Lane, Cavalier Close, Chestnut Close, Church Street, Church Street Service Road, Cloister Mews, Crown Lane, Ellerton Close, High Street, James Butcher Drive, Kathleen Sanders Court, Lambfields, Meadow Way, Morton Place, Mulberry Way, Muswell Close, North Walk, Play Platt, Rotherfield Close, Roundhead Road, Spring Gardens, Swallowfield Gardens, The Crescent, The Orchard, Trinity Court, Volunteer Road, Whitehart Close, Woodfield Way and Worsley Place.

Deadmans Lane, between its junction with Church Street and a point approximately 70m north of its junction with Spring Gardens, could also be dropped to 20mph.

Also with a reduced speed limit could be Englefield Road, between a point 45m west of its junction with North Street and its junction with Church Street; and Station Road, between its junction with High Street and a point around 32m south of its junction with Meadow Way.

The unnamed road from the A340 to The Green – between its junction with The Green and a point 38m north - could also drop to 20mph.

The 30mph limit could apply to Englefield Road, between a point 15m east of its junction with Pangbourne Road (A340) and a point 45m west of its junction with North Street; North Street, between its junction with Englefield Road and a point 21m north; and the unnamed road from the A340 to The Green, between a point around 15m east of its junction with Pangbourne Road (A340) and a point 38m north of its junction with The Green.

Residents now have until June 6 to lodge any objections to the planned changes.