A NEW set of speed limits has been proposed for several Somerset roads.

The Public Notice Portal reported that Somerset Council is proposing the changes on the A361.

A copy of the draft order, the maps showing the lengths of the road affected and the Statement of Reasons for proposing to make the order can be found online at www.somerset.gov.uk/TRO.

20mph speed limit

  • A361 Park Hill, Pilton – from a point 30 metres southwest of its junction with Parsons Batch to the junction with the A361 Whitstone Hill
  • A361 Whitstone Hill, Pilton – from the junction with the A361 Park Hill in a north-easterly direction to a point 200 metres west of its junction with Top Street
  • Higher Westholme Road, Pilton – from its junction with the A361 Whitstone Hill in a north-westerly direction to a point 30 metres west of its junction with Hartley Cottages
  • Totterdown Lane, Pilton – from its junction with the A361 Whitstone Hill in a northerly direction for 280 metres
  • Pylle Road, Pilton – from its junctions with Mount Pleasant, Bread Street and Bakery Lane in a southerly direction to a point 120 metres west of its junction with Copse Lane
  • Neat Lane, Pilton – from its junction with Lower Street in a northerly direction to a point 300 metres northeast of its junction with John Burns Cottages

The following roads for their entire lengths: Parsons Batch, Pilton; Shop Lane, Pilton; Cumhill Lane, Pilton; St Marys Lane, Pilton; Abbots Way, Pilton; Top Street, Pilton; Bread Street, Pilton; Ford Lane, Pilton; Bakery Lane, Pilton; John Beales Hill, Pilton; Mount Pleasant, Pilton; Lower Street, Pilton; John Burns Cottages, Pilton; Shutwell Lane, Pilton; Oathill Cottages, Pilton; Worthy Lane, Pilton; Crown Lane, Pilton; Hartley Cottages, Pilton; and Barrow Lane, Pilton

30mph speed limit

  • Copse Lane, Pilton – for its entire length Pylle Road, Pilton – from a point 120 metres west of its junction with Copse Lane in an easterly direction to a point 100 metres east of its junction with Cockmill Lane
  • Cockmill Lane, Pilton – from its junction with Pylle Road in a southerly direction for 50 metres A361 Park Hill, Pilton – from a point 30 metres southwest of its junction with Parsons Batch in a south-westerly direction for a distance of 490 metres
  • A361 Whitstone Hill, Pilton – from a point 200 metres west of its junction with Top Street in an easterly direction to a point 180 metres east of its junction with Neat Lane
  • Neat Lane, Pilton – from its junctions with the A361 Whitstone Hill and the A361 East Compton Road in a southerly direction to a point 300 metres northwest of its junction with John Burns Cottages
  • Lamberts Hill, Pilton – from its junction with the A361 Whitstone Hill in a northerly direction for a distance of 30 metres
  • Higher Westholme Road, Pilton – from a point 30 metres west of its junction with Hartley Cottages in a westerly direction for a distance of 100 metres

50mph speed limit

A361 East Compton Road, Pilton from a point 900 metres east of its junction with Lamberts Hill in an easterly direction for 900 metres.

The Public Notice Portal also said the proposals were made to "avoid danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising".