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Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'
… the important messages that need to be heard in this debate. And I constantly, and consistently, supported the 20 mph default, on the basis, of course, that it will save lives, that it will reduce casualties, bringing not … supported this legislation on the understanding, of course, that those roads that really don’t need to be 20 mph will revert to 30 mph, and my concern is that as we see the maps emerging from local …
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The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… their children to walk or cycle to school at present because roads aren't safe. If we have 20 mph and people adhere to that and there's an understanding that that is 20 mph—. Because 20 mph … far easier in terms of messaging and communication that we have this approach, because in my own community 20 mph road signs have been part of the trial here outside of a school, and there hasn't been …
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The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Yes, indeed; I'll get on to that shortly. [Laughter.] The 20 mph programme supports 'Llwybr Newydd', the Wales transport strategy, by making it easier and safer for people to walk and cycle. The process that local authorities … pounds invested previously, only around 2.5 per cent of the road network is currently subject to a 20 mph speed limit. We estimate that this will rise to 35 per cent when the policy is implemented. Rather than …
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The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… road compared to that, that doesn't entirely hold. The evidence shows us that moving to a national 20 mph speed limit for restricted roads would make them safer, save lives and encourage more of us to walk … and cycle. Research has shown that public opinion will support the change, and, where a 20 mph speed limit has been implemented, support has grown. There is also evidence that 20 mph limits lead to more walking and …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… the road. There is no appetite for local authorities, who are the highway authority, to scrap the 20 mph, which has been in place a year, and to start again. They just haven't got the resources … high and needs to be removed, going forward. This was recently agreed by Welsh Government officials and the 20 mph task group, as well as other stakeholders at meetings I attended. The roll-out of 20 mph and …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
The default 20 mph speed limit across the majority of residential roads in Wales has faced some of the most significant criticism to legislation I have ever witnessed. What was intended to improve road safety and reduce emissions … speed limit. I've got a road in Aberconwy that is 60 mph, then 40 mph, then 20 mph, then 60 mph, and people are really finding it difficult. Some are even ignoring the new restrictions, raising concerns …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
Llywydd, I've believed for a long time, and still believe, that a default 20 mph policy is the right one, and I believe that the Welsh Government was right to introduce it, and the review is also … the Welsh Conservatives are concerned. So, we have two quarters of data now, post implementation of the default 20 mph limit, compared to the similar period before commencement, which shows lower speeds, fewer casualties and reduced vehicle damage …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… giving you an accurate answer there. The former Minister for climate change also claimed previously that the default 20 mph would reduce pollution where there is smoother driving behaviour, but the evidence demonstrates that the opposite is true … nitrogen emissions at 50 per cent of locations. Local authorities have received thousands of requests to revert 20 mph roads back to 30 mph, but the requests are not being met. The new guidance from the Welsh Government …
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Updates to previous petitions
… Wales, and that's been updated now to take cognisance of the changes in devolved speed limits to 20 mph. I think the latest response of 2 July said that 'Priority is now being given to guidance for … back to where they were on trunk roads, and these two similar issues are being conflated under this 20 mph big debate. Yet, if that 20 mph debate had never happened, somebody could legitimately make a challenge for …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Transport update
… contrition in this statement that acknowledges that mistakes were made by the Government in the roll-out of 20 mph, and I’m also pleased to hear that there is a formal consultation with the general public … act upon this, unfortunately, and this led to the loss of more goodwill for the principle of 20 mph roads. This is regretful and it makes change more difficult in the future. Let me make it clear: Plaid …
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I think it's important to make it clear that the petition to rescind 20 mph is the largest petition that's come through this committee. It's difficult to see what this committee can … given that there hasn't come, from Welsh Government, any sign that they're going to rescind the 20 mph law. I think it's important to recognise, though, that the Welsh Government is changing its approach …
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Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… across Wales, not least in my own constituency. The combination of a lack of road infrastructure and the 20 mph speed limit has certainly impacted traffic in Chepstow, which I've spoken to in this Chamber before, where … from the M4 via the M48, which has now been restricted. The trunk road's been restricted to 20 mph in a place where we need traffic to be free flowing. Not only is this disruption bad for …
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Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… one that hoovered up the signatures, it is one of dozens on the central theme of the default 20 mph limit on restricted roads in Wales. Presiding Officer, we've had petitions seeking a referendum, seeking exemptions … the floor of this Parliament, but one that needs to be aired again. The last time a 20 mph speed limit petition was debated in this Chamber, I talked about the need for an exemptions process that gave …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Priorities for Transport: Listening, partnership, making change
… just build on the consensus that we reached last week, first of all. We all agree that 20 mph works really well where it matters most. Outside schools, hospitals, in heavily built-up areas, where children are coming … into close contact with motorised vehicles, it works; the 20 mph policy works in those areas, and it will remain. But we also accept, do we not, across the Chamber, that on certain routes it hasn't been …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Priorities for Transport: Listening, partnership, making change
… clear from the rhetoric that this Welsh Government has finally cottoned on to the fact that the 20 mph policy has been a complete shambles. Whilst I'm genuinely delighted to see the Cabinet Secretary has come round … need to see the Government return Wales's default speed limit to 30 mph with exceptions made for 20 mph rather than the other way round. Sadly, Cabinet Secretary, with all due respect, following your statement last week …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… the shadow Cabinet Secretary for transport—I, alongside all of my Conservative colleagues, have never supported the default 20 mph speed limit that has been in place. Last week marked two years since the Welsh Government's controversial … 20 mph speed limit policy was rolled out across Wales. Cabinet Secretary, I'm sure you will recall it was a move that was met with public uproar and sparked countless protests and a record-breaking Senedd petition …
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Wow, Deputy Minister, talk about being delusional today. Deputy Minister, you've repeatedly claimed that introducing 20 mph will add just one minute on to a journey time. Yet, despite your claims, a major bus operator has said … Arriva is currently undertaking a large review of the network, with cuts and alterations on the cards, because 20 mph limits are having a big impact on punctuality. And, of course, it's not just public transport that …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… previously raised with you, Deputy Minister, you carried on your blinkered approach to the roll-out of the 20 mph speed limit across Wales, the arrogance of which is bewildering. Since the 20 mph blanket approach has come … rolled out during a cost-of-living crisis when we see health and education budgets cut. Yet this 20 mph roll-out seems to be the priority of this Government. You seem intent on making lives harder rather …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… very much welcome the imminent introduction of the default 20 mph speed limit in Wales, where the interaction of vehicles and people require it, and the ability of local authorities to keep some 30 mph roads at that … age, at 30 mph is much more likely to cause death or serious injury than a car doing 20 mph. And people readily understand that it takes longer to stop at 30 mph. Indeed, at the distance …
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
… mph, the likelihood of death or serious injury is far greater than it would be at 20 mph. And of course, people know as drivers that it’s much easier to stop at 20 mph if somebody does … mph. I think people readily understand that. But of course, what they want to see is 20 mph on the right roads, and that’s why I very much welcome what you’ve said about getting the policy …