A HOUSING estate in Colne could get a 20mph speed limit if new road safety proposals get the green light tomorrow.

A meeting of Pendle Council's Colne committee will discuss proposals for reducing traffic speed on the whole of the North Valley housing estate, which has only limited traffic calming measures.

The plans include speed humps in Judge Fields, Keats Close, Rimington Avenue and White Grove, where a report to councillors says, "a majority of residents were found to be in favour of the additional humps".

Birtwistle Avenue and and Harrison Drive have had road humps in place since 1990 and two road-narrowing traffic throttles were installed in 1996.

A report to the committee from the council's highways, engineering and design manager says: "The proposal builds on the existing traffic calming and involves the introduction of a series of road humps and speed cushions.

"It is intended that speed cushions will be used on the bus routes, while the remaining streets will be treated with road humps. There will also be the requisite 20 mph signing at each entry point to the scheme."

Residents across the estate were consulted about the plans for traffic calming near their homes and were found to be in favour of road humps in all the roads, apart from Haverholt Close.

After a council survey, the average speeds in that road were found to be low enough to introduce the 20 mph zone without humps.

Funding for the zone will come from Lancashire County Council's budget for local safety schemes.

The committee will decide whether to pursue the scheme at its meeting tomorrow night at Colne Town Hall at 7pm.

Members of the public are welcome to attend.