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Minister admits changing Welsh roads back to 30mph could cost £5m (nation.cymru)

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Reimplementing 30mph speed limits on Welsh roads could cost up to £5 million, the Welsh government has said.

Ken Skates, the Welsh transport minister, announced on Tuesday that the government in Cardiff Bay will be revising its guidance to councils on which roads can be exempted from the new lower 20mph speed limit.

The move could see councils able to return roads to their previous speed limits by the end of the year.

Mr Skates has admitted that the cost of revising roads back to their previous speeds could be up to £5 million.

This comes in addition to the roughly £34 million it cost to roll out making the default speed limit in built-up areas 20mph in September last year.

Mr Skates made the admission in an interview with LBC.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Whether it goes back to 30 or not in the short term, it really seems to me that the long term solution should be trying to get bypasses built to route higher-speed traffic around lower-speed areas.

[–] joostjakob 4 points 8 months ago

If you want to spend billions on encouraging cars over any other form of transport, sure. But with that kind of money, you can make some real change to public transport and cyclability