Birmingham City Council is to review all existing 40mph speed limits across the city, with the intention that almost all will be revoked, with these becoming 30mph. The scheme aims to reduce speeds, improve road safety, and encourage walking and cycling.
The need for the proposal has been driven by an increase in concerns about anti-social and dangerous driver behaviour, and due to the number of casualties amongst vulnerable road users. West Midlands Police, Transport for the West Midlands, the City Council, and the other Metropolitan Authorities are working together to take urgent and decisive action. This has included high-level discussions between the Leader of the City Council, the Assistant Chief Constable at West Midlands Police, and involvement of the Police Gold Command team.
It is not proposed to have physical speed reduction measures or new enforcement cameras as part of the current project, as these would require more time and funding to deliver. Any existing speed enforcement cameras would be recalibrated to reflect the reduced speed limit. In future, it is expected that many of the routes will benefit from enhanced enforcement, which will ensure that driver compliance with any revised speed limits is high.
The delivery costs would be funded from the Clean Air Zone’s (CAZ) surplus income. This funding is ringfenced for use on transport schemes only and cannot be used for other purposes.
The roads proposed for a reduction in speed limit from the existing 40 mph to 30 mph are listed in the table and plans below. Where roads share a boundary with Sandwell or other neighbouring authorities we are only proposing to reduce the speed limit on the sections of road within Birmingham.
An initial review has recommended that the Quinton Expressway and A38 (M) Aston Expressway are not included in the scheme as these two roads are designed as urban motorways and intended for large volumes of traffic for arterial routing, and a reduction in speed would be difficult to achieve.
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REF |
LOCATION |
WARD(S) |
EXTENTS (Approx.) |
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1 |
A34 Walsall Road |
Perry Barr |
Old Walsall Road to Old Park Walk (near Bartons Arms) |
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2 |
A4041 Queslett Road/ Queslett Road East |
Perry Barr/Oscott/Sutton Vesey |
Chester Road North to Hamble Road (approaching Scott Arms) |
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3 |
A452 Chester Road |
Sutton Coldfield/Erdington/Pype Hayes/Castle Vale |
Greenway Drive to city boundary |
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4 |
A5127 Lichfield Road |
Sutton Mere Green |
Bishops Way to Blake Street (city boundary) |
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5 |
Webster Way |
Sutton Walmley & Minworth |
Walmley Ash Road to Springfield Road |
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6 |
Ox Leys Road |
Sutton Walmley & Minworth |
Springfield Road to Fox Hollies Road |
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7 |
Walmley Ash Lane/ Cottage Lane |
Sutton Walmley & Minworth |
Walmley Ash Road to Lindridge Drive |
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8 |
A38/B4148 Tyburn Road |
Gravelly Hill |
Salford Circus to Chester Road |
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9 |
B4148 Eachelhurst Road |
Sutton Walmley & Minworth/Pype Hayes |
Chester Road to railway bridge |
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10 |
A38 Kingsbury Road |
Erdington/Pype Hayes |
Tyburn Road to Minworth Island (also short section of A4097 Kingsbury Road) |
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11 |
A4097 Kingsbury Road |
Castle Vale/Pype Hayes/Sutton Coldfield |
Wiggins Hill Road to city boundary |
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12 |
A452 Chester Road |
Castle Vale/Pype Hayes/Sutton Vesey |
From the new Aldi just before the Tyburn House pub down to Newport Road. |
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13 |
B4147 Newport Road |
Castle Vale/Pype Hayes/Sutton Vesey |
Chester Road to Coleshill Road |
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14 |
A47 Heartlands / Fort Parkway |
Erdington/Castle Vale |
Saltley Viaduct to Chester Road (Spitfire Island) |
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15 |
A47 Nechells Parkway |
Nechells |
Ring Road to Goodrick Way |
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16 |
A4540 Ring Road |
Multiple wards |
Full length except where already 30mph |
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17 |
A45 Small Heath Highway |
Bordesley Green/Small Heath |
Just east of rail bridge to Heybarnes Circus |
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18 |
A45 Coventry Road |
Tysley & Hay Mills/South Yardley |
Heybarnes Circus to city boundary at Hatchford Brook |
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19 |
Monmouth Drive |
Sutton Vesey |
Somerville Road through to Chester Road |
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20 |
Weeford Road |
Sutton Roughley |
Tamworth Road to just before Camp Road |
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21 |
A441 Redditch Road |
Kings Norton/Longbridge & West Heath |
Burford Park Road to city boundary at Longbridge Lane |
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22 |
A38 Bristol Road South |
Rubery/Rednal |
Parkway to city boundary at Leach Green Lane |
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23 |
B4121 Wolverhampton Road South, West Boulevard, Barnes Hill, Shenley Lane |
Allens Cross/Bartley Green/ Weoley & Selly Oak/Quinton/Harborne |
Hagley Road West (including small extension onto Wolverhampton Road) to near Burdock Road |
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24 |
A456 Hagley Road West |
Quinton |
Lordswood Road to Quinton Road |
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25 |
A41 Hockley Flyover |
Newtown/Soho & Jewellery Quarter/Lozells |
Key Hill to Soho Hill |
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NOTE: Formal statutory consultation on the proposed speed limit reduction Traffic Regulation Order (the legal documentation required to make changes to the status of the roads) will take place on Be Heard in late 2023 or early 2024.
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