Shropshire Council

Trefnant – 50mph speed limit

  • Period: 18 June 2025 - 09 July 2025
  • Status: Open
  • Audiences: Everyone
  • Topics: Traffic management
  • Type: Public

Title of scheme 

Trefnant – 50mph speed limit

Description

 

The proposed reduction of the speed limit along the A41 and other roads are a response to ongoing safety concerns and will improve the safety of all road users.

Locations 

A41, B5065, Green Lane, Upper College road

Consultation begins 

18 June 2025

Consultation ends 

9 July 2025

THE SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL
(DISTRICT OF NORTH SHROPSHIRE)
(SPEED LIMITS) ORDER 2007 (AMENDMENT) ORDER

Shropshire Council proposes to introduce a 50mph speed limit on the following lengths of roads:

50mph Speed Limit

That length of the A41 Whitchurch to Newport road from a point 304 metres south of its junction with Mill Lane to a point 80m north-west of the centre of the access road leading to Sandford Industrial Estate (1258m).

Green Lane from its junction with the A41 at Upper College to its junction with the Shrewsbury Road Prees Lower Heath to A41 Junction Upper College road.

That length of the Ightfield junction to A41 Junction Upper College road from its junction with the A41 for a distance of 35m in an easterly direction.

That length of the A41 Junction Upper College to the B5065 Junction road from its junction with the A41 to its junction with the B5065 at Trefnant Crossroads.

That length of the B5065 from its junction with the A41 at Sandford to point 663m north east of its junction with the unclassified road between Prees Lower Heath and Marchamley Wood.

18 June 2025

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Documents

Full details of these proposals may be viewed at Whitchurch Library, Town Hall, High Street, Whitchurch. Alternatively, you may request copies by:

- E-mailing: traffic.engineering@shropshire.gov.uk
- writing to: Traffic Engineering Team, Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury SY3 8HQ
- or by calling 0345 678 9077.

We will provide other versions of the consultation documents on request (e.g. large print). If you would like the information in an alternative format, please use the email above to request a copy, or telephone Shropshire Council’s Customer Services on 0345 678 9000 and explain any support you need to allow you to respond.

If you wish to raise an objection, express support, or make any other comments about these proposals, please send us an e-mail or letter by 9 July 2025 (contact details as above). You may also ring the above phone number for more information.

Please note that, for legal reasons, objections must be made in writing or by e-mail, and should state the grounds on which the objection is made. Objections cannot be accepted over the phone.

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