Kenilworth residents are being kept waiting again for a decision on major changes to Crewe Lane.

Warwickshire County Council is considering reducing the speed limit to 30mph and whether to effectively cut the road in half.

If approved, the move will see a 99-metre break in the road outside Kenilworth Golf Club's entrance as a 'prohibition of motor vehicles' section is created.

The local authority was due to decide on the scheme last month but pushed the meeting to give time for more information to be gathered.

Papers were then prepared for a council meeting on Friday (June 12), but a decision has once again been pushed.

"The decision [is to] be deferred to enable a site visit to take place," the council website said.

"The site visit is planned for Monday 15 June 2026, after which the portfolio holder should be in a position to finalise his decision."

The prohibition order proposed for Crewe Lane (image via Warwickshire County Council)

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The report prepared for last week's meeting revealed the closed section would not be created until Dalehouse Lane has been reopened by HS2 and the new roundabout on Glasshouse Lane at the junction with Stansfield Grove is complete.

Dalehouse Lane is not scheduled to reopen until June 2027, meanwhile the roundabout works have been continually delayed over the past two years.

A council report also says these two roadworks schemes would need to be finished by December 2027.

"A major housing development is located immediately south of Crewe Lane with 640 homes planned," the report said.

"The purpose of the proposed orders is to manage the traffic anticipated to be generated by these developments and to ensure that traffic is directed along the purpose-built spine road through the new development.

"This would relieve pressure on Crewe Lane and make it safer for walking, wheeling and cycling."

Who is paying?

The local authority has received £600,871 from the developers behind the Southcrest Farm housing development.

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This money comes through a section 106 agreement - a legal document developers must sign and agree to fund local infrastructure required as part of the new development.

The £600,000 is ringfenced for "highway improvements at Crewe Lane and other local highway improvements and the provision of cycling infrastructure within the vicinity of or serving the development or such other highway improvements".

The council said the changes to Crewe Lane - including the signing, lining, lighting changes at the golf club and the emergency gate - will be covered by this pot.

A decision on the changes to Crewe Lane will be made by the portfolio holder for transport and planning Cllr Stephen Shaw next week.