Noting that:
The number of traffic casualties remains persistently high (Annual Accounts 2023);
The municipal target for reducing traffic casualties was not achieved in 2023;
The target to convert 2 km of road in the municipality into a 30 km/h zone was not achieved in 2023;
A 30 km/h zone designed with temporary measures such as planters works, for example on De Savornin Lohmanlaan (Helpman).
Serious accidents occur more frequently on roads where the speed limit is 50 km/h.
Considering that:
Redesigning streets to match a 30 km/h speed limit takes time and the municipality cannot undertake all desired redesign projects simultaneously;
The submitting groups consider it desirable that streets do not remain unsafe while waiting for execution;
The groups are of the opinion that streets scheduled for redesign can be made safer more quickly by reducing the speed limit and placing suitable obstacles;
These obstacles are preferably planters, so that the street is brightened up.
Resolves to request the municipal executive:
wherever possible, to reduce the speed in streets that are on the long-term
schedule for redesign to a 30 km/h zone to 30 km/h in the short term, and to take suitable (temporary) measures for this purpose.
to inform the council in the fourth quarter of 2024 about the possibilities and the consequences for implementation.