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20mph Wales: Some roads to revert to 30mph after backlash (www.bbc.com)

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Some roads in Wales will revert to 30mph following backlash at the Welsh government's £34m default 20mph policy.

Transport minister Ken Skates said the changes will address the concerns that "a lot of people" have raised "on a consistent basis".

"We've put our hands up to say the guidance has to be corrected," he said.

Swansea council leader Rob Stewart welcomed the change, but said the government must help foot the bill to swap signage.

Mr Skates highlighted the almost half a million signatures to a Senedd petition opposing the policy, brought in under former first minister Mark Drakeford and his transport minister Lee Waters.

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[–] fakeman_pretendname 4 points 7 months ago

It's not quite as stupid in the article as it sounds in the headline, thankfully.

Going from "all roads in a residential area must be 20mph" to "most of them are, but councils are allowed to switch a couple back to 30mph" isn't so bad.

We shouldn't confuse it with Sunak's fairly recent "I want to ban councils from introducing 20mph zones, bus lanes or low-emission zones" which I still feel is entirely ridiculous.