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Campaigners outside Wood Farm School

PEOPLE on an Oxford estate have said "20 is plenty" when it comes to speeding motorists outside their local primary school and nursery.

Parents and residents living around Titup Hall Drive in Wood Farm want the speed limit on the road reduced from 30mph to 20mph.

Wood Farm Primary School, Slade Day Nursery and the Wood Farm Community Centre are all beside the road.

Campaigners, including Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, gathered outside the school to make their message clear to passing drivers.

Mark Lygo, of nearby Valentia Road, said the road was a danger for his children, Samuel, seven, and Emily, four.

He said: "You have lots of kids crossing over, and too many cars speeding down there.

"It is not just the school - there's the community centre and nursery along there. Personally, I think every residential road like that should be 20mph.

"The parents, teachers and governors - anyone who has known that road - have all said it should be 20mph.

"Lots of people have said they will sign a petition, which we are hoping to start next week, so hopefully the council will take notice."

Barton and Churchill county councillor Liz Brighouse hopes action will be taken quickly to reduce the speed limit.

She said: "We have been deeply concerned about this stretch of road all along Titup Hall Drive for some time.

"The council is now looking at changing speed humps to speed cushions - which will make people drive even faster. The fact is, people simply drive too fast for a road which has a school, a neighbourhood nursery and lots of small children on it. The traffic just goes too fast.

"I am hoping that we can get a 20mph limit. The parents and the governors of the school have been really supportive. The county council is looking at a number of schemes and hopefully they will take notice.

"There are quite a lot of roads around here that should be 20mph. Quarry Road, for instance, is used as a cut-through to the Churchill Hospital and people just drive like lunatics down there."

6:58am Wednesday 26th March 2008

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