RURAL roads in a residential area could have their speed limit slashed by half following a petition.

All roads currently set at the national speed limit of 60mph could be reduced to 30mph in Cookham Dean.

Householders have been sent a questionnaire as part of a consultation asking if they would like to see the change.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead decided to put the question to residents after a petition handed to councillors in 2008.

Tony Carr, traffic and road safety manager at RBWM, said it would be 'feasible' but warned it would not be cheap and could take some time.

He said: "There are concerns from a lot of residents in the area and the suggestion is that we put on a 30mph limit across the area as a whole.

"It does depend on the funding that is available, clearly to introduce a 30mph limit would be relatively expensive so it would perhaps be introduced in sections but that depends on the budgets available at the time."

If there is broad support for the change, it will take up to four months going through the legal procedures before a scheme is put into place, he said.

The consultation runs until July 23.