Welsh Government to ‘Correct’ 20Mph Speed Limit Guidance, Says Transport Minister

Wales’s new transport minister has said the government will “correct” its guidance around the introduction of 20mph speed limits in built-up areas. In an interview with North Wales Live, Ken Skates said in many areas “routes that shouldn’t have been included, were.” He said he wanted the speed limit decisions to be left to local communities, without the government imposing them. “There will be change that addresses the concerns that a lot of people, including half-a-million people who signed the petition, raised on a consistent basis,” he said. “These are: that there is generally universal support for 20mph being targeted in areas where there are schools, built-up areas like housing estates, and outside hospitals, and so-forth, but in many areas routes that shouldn’t have been included, were....