Transport written question – answered at on 7 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to provide a toolkit to help local authorities assess the economic benefits of 20mph schemes; and whether the toolkit will (a) take into account compliance levels in community-wide Total 20 schemes and (b) monetise the health benefits of lower speeds.
The Strategic Framework for Road Safety, published last year, indicated that the Department for Transport will provide an economic tool to help local authorities assess the full costs and benefits of proposed speed limit schemes. Work has already started and I hope to publish a completed tool later this year.
The tool will be based on the available evidence. The intention is to take account of varying levels of compliance with speed limits. Where there is sufficient evidence and it is part of Government's established approach to appraisal, effects would be expressed in monetary terms. In respect of health effects these may include road safety, air quality and the use of healthier ways of travelling.
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No0 people think not
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