Question WQ88410Tabled 13 June 2023Answered 16 June 2023
To the Minister for Climate Change
What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of the new 20mph speed limits on ambulance response times …
Answer: … response duties, and this will not change when the default speed limit on restricted roads becomes 20mph …
Question WQ87815Tabled 17 March 2023Answered 24 March 2023
To the Minister for Climate Change
… total is going to be spent on TV, radio, social media and other advertising for the 20mph rollout campaign, and if these funds will be in addition to the £33 million already earmarked for …
Answer: … public information campaign to support the change of the default speed limit on restricted roads to 20mph is £810,690. This cost is incurred across the financial years of 2022/23 and 2023/23, and includes …
Question WQ87803Tabled 16 March 2023Answered 21 March 2023
To the Minister for Climate Change
Will the Minister confirm what date the 20mph scheme will be implemented …
Answer: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022 will come into force on 17 September …
Question WQ87730Tabled 10 March 2023Answered 15 March 2023
To the Minister for Climate Change
… much in funding has the Welsh Government agreed to provide for specialist consultants to implement the 20mph scheme …
Answer: … funding has been provided for specialists’ consultants to implement the 20mph default speed limit on restricted roads in Wales …
Question WQ86169Tabled 29 September 2022Answered 10 October 2022
To the Minister for Climate Change
When will the Minister publish the Welsh Government's findings on the 20mph trial areas in Wales …
Answer: … takes time to gather the necessary primary and secondary sources data being used to evaluate 20 mph. We propose to publish initial findings in Spring 2023 with a more detailed report later in the …
Question WQ86114Tabled 26 September 2022Answered 30 September 2022
To the Minister for Climate Change
… the 20mph speed limits apply to villages and towns on trunk roads …
Answer: … limit on restricted roads agreed by the Senedd is not a blanket change. The changes to 20mph will apply to existing 30mph speed limits on the trunk road. Exceptions guidance has been collaboratively developed …
Question WQ85871Tabled 3 August 2022Answered 15 August 2022
To the Minister for Climate Change
What assessment has the Minister made of the 20mph speed limit trial further to Monmouthshire County Council’s announcement that they plan to reverse this after local residents reported that it made traffic worse …
Answer: The 20 mph First Phase settlements such as Caldicot in Monmoutshire, were set up to trial implementation processes and strategies in advance of the national rollout. One of the complex processes for highway authorities …
Question WQ85208Tabled 24 May 2022Answered 31 May 2022
To the Minister for Climate Change
Following a two-month moratorium in relation to 20mph zones from 29 February 2022, has the Welsh Government issued any guidance or instructions to community speedwatch teams to reconvene their monitoring of these areas …
Answer: Community Speedwatch (CS) is part of the community engagement process for 20 mph in each of the Phase One areas across Wales. However, as these settlements are areas we are learning from, speeds are …
Question WQ84341Tabled 24 January 2022Answered 28 January 2022
To the Minister for Climate Change
Will the Minister confirm if 20mph speed limit experimental areas are aimed primarily at residential areas or at selected roads running through/around them …
Answer: The Phase One Settlements for 20 mph have an exceptions process that is applied based on the level pedestrian movement and function, (e.g. residential density, retail centre, school), which can be applied by each …
Question WQ82621Tabled 9 June 2021Answered 17 June 2021
To the Minister for Climate Change
What action is the Welsh Government taking to tackle traffic congestion and parking in …
Answer: … make streets outside schools safer, many are now are subject to a 20mph speed limit. However, it is proposed to take this further and make 20mph the default speed limit in Wales from April …
Question WQ98839Tabled 4 June 2026Answered 11 June 2026
To the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
Will the Cabinet Minister outline accident statistics on roads with various speed limits after leaving default 20mph zones across Wales …
Question WQ97440Tabled 18 September 2025Answered 23 September 2025
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Will the Cabinet Secretary ask the North and Mid Wales Trunk Agent to extend …
Answer: … Limits in Wales guidance to reflect current Welsh Government policy including the national roll-out of 20mph speed limits and to meet the ambitions highlighted in Llwybr Newydd: the Wales Transport Strategy 2021. Following …
Question WQ97006Tabled 18 July 2025Answered 1 August 2025
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Will the Cabinet Secretary provide the proportion of Welsh roads with a 20mph speed limit in each of the last five years …
Question WQ95823Tabled 17 February 2025Answered 28 February 2025
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
What steps have been taken to improve the safety of the A494 from Dolgellau …
Answer: … Capel Einon Llanuwchllyn, the junction to Hen Gapel Llanuwchllyn and at Cyffordd Y Prys Llanuwchllyn. 20mph also came into force through Bala …
Question WQ95803Tabled 12 February 2025Awaiting answer
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Will additional funding be provided to councils if the costs of reverting 20 mph roads back to 30 mph exceed the current allocation …
Question WQ95802Tabled 12 February 2025Awaiting answer
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Has the Cabinet Secretary reviewed the anticipated £5 million figure set aside for reverting 20 mph roads back to 30 mph …
Question WQ95801Tabled 12 February 2025Awaiting answer
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
What is the estimated total cost of reverting 20 mph roads back to 30 mph across all councils in Wales, and how does this compare to the £5 million budget set aside by the …
Question WQ95800Tabled 12 February 2025Awaiting answer
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… has the Cabinet Secretary had with local authorities in Wales about any updated costs of reverting 20 mph roads back to 30 mph …
Question WQ95733Tabled 4 February 2025Answered 7 March 2025
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… changes in patterns of motorised vehicles traveling on different days of the week on 30mph and 20mph roads for example in overall volume or in the number travelling on different days of the week …
Question WQ95732Tabled 4 February 2025Answered 17 February 2025
To the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… year from 2018 to 2024 inclusive the number of motorised vehicles that travel on 30mph and 20mph roads …