Consultation ends: 29/08/08

The Welsh Assembly Government is consulting on new guidance for setting local speed limits on Welsh roads.

The consultation will look at several key issues relating to the setting of speed limits, and includes:

• 20 mile an hour speed limits at appropriate locations - such as in the vicinity of schools;
• Speed limits through villages;
• The categorisation of routes by quality and traffic use;
• The potential for, and implications of, 50 mph speed limits on lower quality rural roads; and,
• A proposed period of five years for Highway Authorities to review and amend speed limits on their road networks.

Further information is available from the Welsh Assembly Government website.