Traffic chaos in Keswick could be addressed by a speed limit change, which looks set to be made permanent.
Cumbria County Council’s Local Committee for Allerdale is due to meet at West Cumbria House on Friday.
And one of the items on the agenda will be to changes to the speed limit at B5289 at High Hill, Keswick.
A 40 mile per hour zone is already in operation on the stretch of road in Keswick as a temporary measure, designed to reduce speeds into the town after vehicles leave the A66.
The Temporary Traffic Regulation Order was also brought in to moderate speeds and promote the use of newly introduced cycle lanes along the stretch of road.
The authority’s elected member for Keswick, Tony Lywood believes the change at High Hill will somewhat appease concerns of local people around the speed of traffic into the town.
Councillor Lywood has previously called for new road traffic measures on the routes into Keswick. Residents are concerned about the speed of traffic heading into the town as the route passes in front of Keswick School.
Cllr Lywood said: “I think that the traffic coming into Keswick often moves at too high a speed, we tried rumble strips and it’s having some effect.”
But Cllr Lywood said that speed cameras could further address the issue.
“Wherever you have a national speed road where that gets quickly reduced, it’s always an issue because people get used to travelling at a certain speed.”
He added that it is important to promote the use of new cycle lanes which are “immensely successful.”
A one-way system through Station Street and St John’s Street is also set to become a permanent arrangement as part of wider highway changes consulted on by the county council.
Cllr Lywood backed the proposed permanent one-way system saying it would reduce instances of road rage which has seen “people sounding horns, getting out of cars and shouting at each other.”
He said that the route was “only fit to go one way.”
“We had two occasions where pedestrians were knocked over,” he added.
