20mph Speed Limits

Every council in Wales was asked to collect residents’ feedback on 20mph limits so that they could assess this against revised Welsh Government guidance on setting 30mph speed limits on restricted roads and other 20mph speed limit roads. This revised guidance was published in July.

We received approximately 1600 individual comments. Of these, 264 were in support of 20mph speed limits, or wished to see further reductions to 20mph. 380 respondents wanted to see all roads return to 30mph, or only wanted 20mph outside schools and hospitals etc. The remaining respondents wanted a review of individual roads within the county.

It is important to note that this is not the end of the process, and that there are a number of steps which need to be followed over the next few months. There will be further opportunities for you to have your say.

It is also important to note that we cannot act on any comments we have received which relate to the policy generally (whether in support or against) – as these are matters for the Welsh Government.

Next steps

We will be reviewing all the comments we have received, assessing them against the revised guidance.

When determining whether a street/road should have a higher speed limit, councils must be certain that any such increase will not have a negative impact on road safety.

Once we have completed our review, we will publish the results on our website. We anticipate this being in the new year. Please note that we will not be able to provide individual feedback to every comment we have received.

If the revised guidance suggests that a street/road we have received feedback on is suitable for a 30mph speed limit, we will explain this when we publish the results of the review.

Streets/roads where 30mph would not be suitable under the revised guidance will remain at the default speed limit of 20mph.

For any street/road where the revised guidance suggests a 30mph speed limit could be suitable, we will produce a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), which is a legal process we must follow if we are to alter the speed limit.

Every TRO will be subject to a public consultation, where residents can show support or raise objections. We will publish details of any changes on our website.

Following the TRO consultations, final decisions will be made on any changes as part of the council’s normal decision-making processes.

Further updates will be provided once we have completed our review.

Reporting Speeding Concerns

The role of enforcing the existing speed limit rests with the Police and GoSafe rather than the County Council as we have no enforcement powers in this respect. You can submit a community speeding concern directly with GoSafe, and they will investigate.

REPORT A COMMUNITY CONCERN

You can learn more about the Police and GoSafe’s approach to enforcing the 20mph limit here:

GO SAFE - 20MPH