The main roads cutting through the village of Blackburn will see their speed limits reduced to 20mph in 2027 if a trial is successful.

The village’s proximity to Bathgate saw it included in the first tier of a county wide roll-out of speed reduction measures, as part of Scottish Government plans.

Chair of the Whitburn and Blackburn Local Area Committee, Councillor George Paul welcomed the plans but warned “ the boy racers won’t be happy”.

The major change to the community will see the main arterial roads running east to west- from Seasfield to Whitburn- and south to north from Blackburn up to Bathgate made into 20mph zones.

In practical terms both routes are busy with traffic on a daily basis and have feeder roads into housing schemes and business areas running off them. Large parts

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