{"id":122548,"date":"2023-12-09T07:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=122548"},"modified":"2023-12-09T07:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T07:09:09","slug":"mark-drakeford-ignoring-concerns-about-unreasonable-20mph-fumes-key-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/politics\/mark-drakeford-ignoring-concerns-about-unreasonable-20mph-fumes-key-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Drakeford ‘ignoring’ concerns about ‘unreasonable’ 20mph, fumes key ally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew RT Davies criticises Wales’ new 20mph speed limit<\/h3>\n

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has ignored calls from its partner in Government Plaid Cymru to reassess the new 20mph speed limit, Express.co.uk has learned.<\/p>\n

It comes as drivers across the country are still getting to grips with the new law rolled out nationwide just months ago.<\/p>\n

The news sparked frustration and discontent among many communities, with groups in person and on social media formed to oppose the speed restrictions.<\/p>\n

Plaid Cymru, which is in a cooperation agreement with Welsh Labour, backed Mr Drakeford’s plans when he announced them earlier this year.<\/p>\n

However, the party’s new leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has urged the Welsh government to rethink the speed limit in certain areas where it is “unreasonable”, calls that have, he said, fallen on deaf ears.<\/p>\n

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“Most people think it’s a good principle to try to slow traffic down where lots of people live,” he told Express.co.uk.<\/p>\n

“The legislation isn’t bad, and there are exemptions, hence why many 30mph roads haven’t changed.<\/p>\n

“But in the implementation and the failure to make sure there’s consistency in how things have been around Wales, so you do have examples where the speed limit is totally unreasonable now, where it becomes a problem.<\/p>\n

“Weeks ago, we put forward a motion to the Senedd calling for a review of where the 20mph isn’t reasonable in its practice \u2014 but we still haven’t seen the government respond to that call.”<\/p>\n

The new legislation came into force across Wales on September 17, with the maximum speed drivers can travel on restricted roads now 20mph.<\/p>\n

Restricted roads are classed, according to the Welsh government, as “roads with streetlights spaced no more than 200 yards apart, usually located in residential and built-up areas”.<\/p>\n

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