Public Notices

The County Of Carmarthenshire (Imposition Of 40 M.P.H. Speed Limit) (A485 Various) Order 2025

File Reference: HMD/HTTR-1947

NOTICE is hereby given that Carmarthenshire County Council proposes to make an Order under Sections 84(1)(a), 84(1)(c), 84(2) and 124 of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended).
The effect of the Order would be:

1. To impose a 40 m.p.h. speed limit in the lengths of road briefly described in column 2 of the Schedule to this Notice, but more particularly shown on the plans bearing the unique tile reference numbers specified in column 3 of the said Schedule for each locality described in column 1 thereof, which are to be read in conjunction with the Order and which form part of the same.
2. To revoke “The County of Carmarthenshire (A485 Carmarthen to Lampeter) (Imposition of 50 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2012” insofar as the same relates to the proposed lengths of road described in the Schedule to this Notice and more particularly shown on the plans bearing the unique reference numbers specified in column 3 of the said Schedule.
3. To revoke “The County of Carmarthenshire (Imposition of 30 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2023” insofar as the same relates to the proposed lengths of road described in the Schedule to this Notice and more particularly shown on the plans bearing the unique reference numbers specified in column 3 of the said Schedule.

Full details of these proposals are contained in the draft Order which, together with the plans annexed thereto showing the parts of roads affected and a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be examined at Carmarthenshire County Council’s Customer Service HWB located at Unit 22, St Catherine’s Walk, Carmarthen SA31 1GA during usual office hours.

The documents can also be obtained free of charge by writing to the Council’s Traffic Management Section at Block 2, Parc Myrddin, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen SA31 1HQ, or by emailing ENTrafficManagement@carmarthenshire.gov.uk 

Should you wish to object to the proposed Order, please send your grounds for objection in writing to Steven Murphy, Head of Law, Governance and Civil Services at County Hall, Carmarthen SA31 1JP by the 17th September 2025, quoting the below file reference.

The Order

The County Council of Carmarthenshire (hereinafter referred to as "the Council"), in exercise of its powers under Sections 84(1)(a), 84(1)(c), 84(2) and 124 of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby makes the following Order:-

1. This Order may be cited as "The County of Carmarthenshire (Imposition of 40 M.P.H. Speed Limit) (A485 Various) Order 2025” and shall come into operation on the 27th day of August 2025.
2. In this Order:

1. 1. 'Exempted Vehicle’ means:

1. 1. any vehicle being used for the purposes described in Section 87 of the Act.
   2. any vehicle being used for naval, military or air force purposes and being driven by a person, for the time being, subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown, who is a member of the Special Forces, in response or for practice in responding to a national security emergency, by a person who has been trained in driving at high speeds or for the purpose of training a person in driving vehicles at high speeds.

b. ‘Map’ means a map comprising the entire county of Carmarthenshire, which is to be read in conjunction with the Order and forms part of the Order.

c. ‘Map Schedule’ means the collection of Map Tiles listed in the Schedule to this Order, showing, by reference to the Map Schedule Legend, the lengths of road subject to the speed limit imposed by this Order.

d. ‘Map Schedule Legend’ means the Map Schedule Legend endorsed on the Map Tile identifying the lengths of road subject to the speed limit imposed by this Order.

e. ‘Map Tile’ means a rectangle of a grid overlaying the Map denoting an area of the county of Carmarthenshire, with each tile having a unique Tile Reference.

f. ‘Special Forces’ means those units of the armed forces, the maintenance of whose capabilities is the responsibility of the Director of Special Forces, or which are, for the time being, subject to the operational command of the Director.

g. ‘Tile Reference’ means the reference given to each Map Tile, starting in the top-left extremity and increments numerically across the grid horizontally and alphabetically down the grid vertically.

3. No person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than an Exempted Vehicle, at a speed exceeding 40 m.p.h. in the lengths of road shown on the Map Schedule specified in the Schedule to this Order.

4.

a. The County of Carmarthenshire (The A485 Carmarthen to Lampeter Road) (Imposition of 50 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2012; and

b. The County of Carmarthenshire (Imposition of 30 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2023,

are hereby revoked insofar as they relate to the lengths of road specified in the Schedule to this Order that are now subject to a 40mph speed limit.

Statement of Reason 

The purpose of the Order is to reduce existing higher speed limits to 40mph and to rationalise the number of speed limit changes along the A485 route.

The proposed speed limit reduction to 40mph in Pontarsais has been identified as necessary to improve road safety by regulating traffic speeds where there is a history of road traffic collisions. Reducing the speed limit will help mitigate collision risks by improving reaction times, reducing stopping distances and enhancing the ability of all road users to make safer decisions, particularly at junctions with limited sightlines:

• Type of notice: Speed Limit changes
• Location: Carmarthenshire