Deaf schoolgirl’s winning 20mph sign to roll out across Camden
Cllr Phil Jones with Mya Lawrence and headteacher Karen Simpson - Credit: Archant
A deaf schoolgirl has won a competition to design a 20mph road sign for Camden’s borough-wide speed limit.
The winning poster by 10-year-old Mya Lawrence, a pupil at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children in King’s Cross, shows a lion roaring and the words “slow down”.
Her design, picked from more than 550 entries, will be displayed on lampposts around the borough.
Mya also won £300 worth of cycling shop vouchers.
The borough-wide 20mph speed limit was brought in by Camden Council in early December last year.
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Labour Cllr Phil Jones, cabinet member for sustainability, transport and planning, said: “We were delighted with the number of entries received.
“We had more than 550 in total, capturing what a 20mph speed limit means to them.”
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Karen Simpson, headteacher of Frank Barnes School, said: “I am so thrilled that a pupil from Frank Barnes School was selected to be the winner of the 20mph poster competition.”
