In 2022, Newtown Parish Council purchased a new Speed Limit Reminder sign and looked to deploy it on the roads around the village where we thought it would benefit the local area.  We were granted a licence to deploy the SLR on roads with speed limits of 30 and 40 but not the B4640 due to the speed limit of 50mph.

Hampshire Highways (HH) does not allow SIDs to be used on roads where the speed limit is 50 mph or higher. This seems an arbitrary ruling, especially as West Berkshire Council has installed such a device just across the county boundary on the A339 which also has a 50 mph limit.

As your PC, we are well aware that there are numerous instances of speeding along the Newtown Straight – as this section of the B4640 is known. We are hoping to assemble a petition of local residents in order to put pressure on HH and to get approval for the SID to be used on this dangerous section of road.