A scheme to introduce 20mph speed limits across the borough were approved on Monday. 

Wandsworth Council will now develop a model to introduce 20mph limits in roads where people want them, following a trial run in Putney last year.

Councillors on the strategic planning and transportation overview and scrutiny committee agreed for the scheme to go ahead.

Last November a 20mph speed limit trial was introduced in the junction of where Dover House Road, Putney, meets Putney Heath.

During the two week trial traffic counters found 12 roads experienced traffic improvements, while less people were speeding.

There were no other traffic calming measures in place during the trial.

Council officers are expected to present a plan on how the scheme can be developed.

It is expected 25 per cent of people living in the area where it is introduced will have to give their approval before it goes ahead.

Other areas which have already showed an interest in a 20mph limit include Furzedown, Southfields, Bedford wards and the Shaftesbury Estate.

Councillor Russell King, cabinet member for strategic planning and transportation, said: "I am delighted that the 20mph zone pilot in Putney has been a success.

"Residents across the borough will now have the opportunity to have 20mph in their roads without traffic calming.

"We are also looking at parts of the TfL road network, red routes, that have problems with accidents to see if 20mph would help."

Wandsworth Council will now develop a model to introduce 20mph limits in roads where people want them, following a trial run in Putney last year.

Councillors on the strategic planning and transportation overview and scrutiny committee agreed for the scheme to go ahead.

Last November a 20mph speed limit trial was introduced in the junction of where Dover House Road, Putney, meets Putney Heath.

During the two week trial traffic counters found 12 roads experienced traffic improvements, while less people were speeding.

There were no other traffic calming measures in place during the trial.

Council officers are expected to present a plan on how the scheme can be developed.

It is expected 25 per cent of people living in the area where it is introduced will have to give their approval before it goes ahead.

Other areas which have already showed an interest in a 20mph limit include Furzedown, Southfields, Bedford wards and the Shaftesbury Estate.

Councillor Russell King, cabinet member for strategic planning and transportation, said: "I am delighted that the 20mph zone pilot in Putney has been a success.

"Residents across the borough will now have the opportunity to have 20mph in their roads without traffic calming.

"We are also looking at parts of the TfL road network, red routes, that have problems with accidents to see if 20mph would help."