East Renfrewshire Council is planning to cut the speed limit to 30mph to improve road safety. The proposal will go before the council's cabinet next week.
The speed limit is set to be cut on a stretch of Ayr Road where a “high number” of collisions resulting in injuries were recorded over a five-year period.
READ MORE: Teen in critical condition after Lanarkshire crash as car veered off carriageway into burn “There is an unusually high number of pedestrian and cyclist casualties in road traffic collisions on Ayr Road,” they added. “It is known that the severity of injury rises exponentially relative to the speed of the vehicle involved.”
The council has altered the road to provide a cycle lane, a vehicular traffic lane in each direction and a right turn area.
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