Average speed cameras to be installed on A414 after fatal crashes
Essex County Council said the speed limit would be reduced in places from 60mph to either 50mph or 40mph, depending on the location.It added areas already limited to 50mph would be lowered to 40mph, but existing 40mph and 30mph sections would remain unchanged.
The measures were announced less than two weeks after a motorcyclist was killed when his vehicle and a car collided by Radley Green Road.The 40-year-old motorcyclist from Witham died at the scene on 16 July.In a joint statement, Essex County Council cabinet member for highways Tom Cunningham, Adam Pipe from Essex Police's roads policing unit, and Lee Scott, chair of the SERP governance board, said they were "deeply saddened" by the incident."We are taking steps to reduce the number of fatal and serious collisions on this road by reducing the speed limit and also introducing improved speed enforcement," they said."Together, these measures will improve safety for all road users."
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