Traffic and Speeding
Ramsgate Town Council have proposed a 20 MPH limit within the conservation area but wary of the cost Kent County Council is being slow to impose the restrictions that other towns take for granted.
At peak times cars contribute to noise and air pollution as well as being a danger to pedestrians’ physical and mental health.
Sensitive town planning is an essential component of the quality of life for residents. Plans for an industrial estate at Bristol Place will mean many more commercial vehicles using roads designed for the horse and cart.
Cars regularly speed up and down the high street and with pavements made narrower by road widening in the 20th century pedestrian injuries are a regular occurrence.
Access to the supermarkets favours cars over pedestrians. Customers arriving by car tend to spend more.