Petitions for and against the idea have been started, with even those opposed to the lower limit recognising the village's traffic problems and the need for something to be done.
Storrington has so much going for it. It's extremely pretty, it has a variety of independent shops, and it was recently named a European Stork Village.
But walking on some of the narrower footpaths in the village centre when a massive lorry passes after navigating a mini-roundabout is somewhat frightening - even when they stick to the speed limit. Imagine what it must be like for people with pushchairs or those using wheelchairs or mobility scooters. We spoke to Marguerite McIntyre and Virginia Hicks.
00:00well the main thing really is the noise and then of course the exhaust rooms
00:04lots of people have chest problems in the building coughs and stuff but the
00:11noise right from 3 o'clock in the morning it's just unbearable you can't
00:16have a conversation if I have people for a meal and I opened the windows I wouldn't
00:21be able to hear what they were saying and so I'm a fairly new resident but I've
00:26just been elected to the parish council so representing myself I can say it's
00:31pretty pretty unpleasant for the community from the terms from the point of view of noise the particles in the air the speed that some of the a number of
00:43vehicles 40% of vehicles are speeding at somewhere somewhere in or through or out
00:48of the village some of the pavements are just not able to accommodate older people
00:53or children safely these are all considerations for the community which
00:59needs to be safe and it's a shared community so you know we look at it
01:04through the eyes of the driver and how they've got to get places but there's
01:075,000 people living and shopping and doing their what they need to do here and I
01:13think it's really important to review where we are with the speed for the area
01:19which is currently 30 we know people will generally do 5 to 10 miles an hour
01:25faster when they can so there are lots of arguments in favor of 20 miles on a
01:33selective basis to try and control and encourage more respect from drivers
01:39particularly those driving through the village
