Inverell Shire Council has been advised by Transport for NSW that multiple roads across the town of Ashford have been reviewed by their team and will be reduced to 50km/h from their previous 60km/h.
The changes will be implemented on Wednesday 10th December 2025.
These changes are as follows (please see the included map):
โข ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ/๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐/๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ค๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ (๐๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ), ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ/๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐.
โข ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ/๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ/๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ/๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐/๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐/๐๐๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ/๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐.๐๐ค๐ฆ.
Transport for NSW have provided justification for the reduction of the speeds zones for the following reasons;
To provide a safe operating environment for road users in the town of Ashford that is self-explanatory and consistent with other speed zones in both the local town itself and across the north western network of towns.
The reductions put in place will support the following Safe Systems Speed Zoning principles;
โข ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ – ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ,
โข ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ – ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐
โข ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ – ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐.
๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ.
Media Release: Inverell Shire Council
