People in Oxford are being asked where 20mph speed limits should be introduced in the city, in the latest round of consultation over the controversial speed reduction plan.

A survey published last autumn showed that two thirds of those who responded in Oxford backed the idea of bringing in 20mph limits.

Now Oxfordshire County Council says it wants to find out which roads people want to see included and excluded from the scheme.

County Hall this week earmarked £300,000 in its new budget to install 20mph road signs on residential roads in Oxford, along with some sections of A and B roads.

But safety groups are pressing for a blanket 20mph limit across the city, including all the city’s main arterial routes.

The new round of consultation, launched today, should reveal whether Oxford wants to turn itself into one of the UK’s first 20mph cities and could prove vital in deciding how widespread the 20mph limit is likely to be.

Oxfordshire County Council is recommending that 20mph limits should be introduced later this year on all minor roads. It also wants to see the limits on un-numbered through-roads, except where they are part of heavily-used bus routes into the city, such as a Old Abingdon Road, a section of Blackbird Leys Road (north west of Balfour Road) and Barns Road (except for the section immediately adjoining Between Towns Road).

It is also recommending limits on some sections of the main A roads and the B road network, where there are busy shopping areas, like the London Road past Oxford Brookes University and in Headington, and on parts of the B4495 through Temple Cowley.

There are already a number of 20mph zones and limits in Oxford which would be incorporated into the wider project.

The most contentious issue will be whether radial routes such as Abingdon Road, Banbury Road, Woodstock Road, Botley Road and Iffley Road should be included, along with routes such as Marston Ferry Road and Oxpens Road.

Comments can also be sent to the county council by email to 20@oxfordshire.gov.uk