A PETITION calling for Glasgow to become Scotland's second 20mph city has gone live, days after campaigners were told it was "not eligible".
The e-petition, lodged by cycling campaign group Go Bike, is now open on the Glasgow City Council website.
Campaigners at Go Bike want Glasgow to follow the example set by Edinburgh which is making 80 per cent of the city's roads 20mph limits.
The petition was due to go live last week but stalled when Glasgow City Council incorrectly said that it was "not eligible" because the rollout of 20mph limits without traffic calming measures required Scottish Government approval. The local authority later changed its position to say it was already doing all it could to introduce 20mph limits in certain areas.
However, the petition states: "The current mode of 20mph implementation in Glasgow is to reduce speeds only on selected residential streets, and only after the installation of costly traffic-calming measures.
"If Glasgow City Council maintains this approach, it will take many years and significant expenditure before 20mph speed limits become the norm across our city.
"The City of Edinburgh has recently decided to by-pass the street-by-street approach by making 20mph the default speed limit on 80 per cent of its streets, and without the installation of traffic-calming measures.
"Edinburgh citizens can look forward to calmer roads where walking and cycling become considerably more attractive options."
Bob Downie, the Go Bike committee member who drafted the petition, said he was pleased it was finally up.
He said: "I want to let the council know that they have done the right thing by letting the petition go ahead."
The closing date for signatures is March 7.
The petition can be viewed in full at: https://www.glasgowconsult.co.uk/KMS/Epetitions.aspx.
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