20's Plenty for Dunbar
About Us
20's Plenty for Dunbar is a local campaign for a default 20mph road speed limit throughout the town. We do not want more speed humps or other traffic calming, we just want cars to travel more slowly so that the streets feel safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
There may be a few roads (such as parts of Belhaven Road?) which need to stay at 30mph, but our campaign is about turning the debate around so that insead of talking about where traffic needs to slow down, we start discussing where higher speeds can be justified.
Who we are
We are a group of local people who share a desire to see the streets shared more equally between pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. We are supported by the national 20's Plenty Campaign and Sustaining Dunbar.
Join in
Please add your voice. Sustaining Dunbar at 16 West Port has a stock of Wheelie Bin stickers and you can have one for free. These are especially useful if your bin is at the front of your house all week, but even if it is not, the show of support by putting it out on collection day will help our campaign greatly.
You can also register support for the campaign on Facebook.
Group support
If your group (e.g. local Brownies, Residents Association etc.) would like to show your support, please send a quote to morag@sustainingdunbar.org and we will add it to our website.
Our History
January 2012
Sustaining Dunbar met with East Lothian Council to discuss the possibility of a 20’s Plenty Scheme in Dunbar. ELC were broadly supportive, and suggested that a 20 mph speed limit trial be introduced on all residential roads to the south of the East Coast Mainline, and west of Spott Road. Sustaining Dunbar agreed to carry out a consultation survey of residents in the relevant areas in the spring, with the possible introduction of the trial in the autumn.
December 2011
We held a public meeting to form a Dunbar Living Streets group to campaign for better facitities for pedestrains. A central plank of the campaign will be 20mph limits on residental streets. The meeting was attended by 10 local campaigners, all 3 local councillors (Paul McLennan, Jacquie Bell and Norman Hampshire), Cllr Margaret Libberton from the Preston/Seton/Gosfod ward and visitors from Port Seton who are launching a 20's Plenty Campaign in their ward.
October 2011
Our campaign is picked up by the East Lothian Courier
January 2011
Morag Haddow contacted Anna Semlyen at the 20's Plenty for Us to help with the next steps and this website was set up.
March 2010
20's Plenty for Dunbar began life as a Facebook group in March 2010. By the end of the year 40 local people had signed up to indicate their interest, and it was decided to form a formal campaing group to lobby for change.
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