Residents petition for road safety improvements in Lanarkshire village

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A petition has been launched to impose safety measures on a road in Thorntonhall.Residents are concerned about dangerous traffic passing through the village on Peel Road, with Jackton and Thorntonhall community council now calling on South Lanarkshire Council to take action.Their main issues are the speed of cars passing through, which regularly exceed the existing 30mph limit; and the design of the mini-roundabouts at the junctions with Baroness Drive and Frederick Boulevard, where some motorist drive over the humps or take the wrong route around them, sometimes at excessive speed.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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