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We’ll raise speed limit to 80 on M4 and A55, say Welsh Tories

by Rhodri Clark
29 April 2016
A55: suitable for 80mph, say Tories
A55: suitable for 80mph, say Tories

 

The Welsh Conservatives have floated the idea of an 80mph speed limit on Wales’ two busiest roads.

Currently speed limits in Wales are a non-devolved matter, and in 2013 transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said that proposals for an 80mph limit in England and Wales was not a priority. However, the UK Government announced last year, in the St David’s Day Agreement on further devolution, that the National Assembly for Wales should be able to set its own speed limits.

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