Stolen speed signs halt road safety campaign

Individuals who drive for their work may need to be extra careful when driving through Bury St Edmunds.

Thieves have stolen 70 road signs from rural roads, which include speed markers and safety notices, the Bury Free Press reported.

Motorists have been advised to take extra care, while the theft has thought to have damaged the progress of a speed safety campaign.

A Speed Watch campaign between a number of villages will now have to be put on hold, Sharon Rose, Drinkstone parish council clerk, told the newspaper.

Meanwhile, John Boutcher, Suffolk county council's assistant area manager for transport, said: "My concern is that there are dangerous junctions and we have got to get signs up to replace them."

Larger vehicles using these routes, such as LGVs, could potentially end up on unsuitable country roads because warning and advisory signs have been taken, a police spokesperson told the publication.

Recent figures from the Department for Transport show that motorway speed limits are obeyed by the majority of LGV drivers.