BUCKLEY Town Council claims to have been "ignored" by the Welsh Government over the 20mph scheme in the town. 

Last year, the Welsh Government consulted the town council over the proposals, and tabled three options. 

Option 1 was the scheme the Welsh Government has chosen - which is that all roads in Buckley are down to 20mph, except the A549 from Wylfa Roundabout to Dobshill. 

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Option 2 would have maintained a 30mph limit on all A, B and C roads in the town - with the exception of a stretch of the B5127 outside the Elfed High School.

Option 3 was the same as option 2, except that it would have excluded additional link roads from the scheme, namely Drury New Road, Spon Green, Megs Lane, Jubilee Road, Coppa View, Nant Mawr Road, Alltami Road and Bryn Road.

Buckley Town Council says its preferred options were 2 and 3, and that the Welsh Government has ignored them over it.

Buckley county councillor, Carol Ellis, said: "Councillors agreed that estate roads and outside schools should be 20mph for safety reasons.

"They asked that all other roads should remain as they were. What we have now was not a decision made by councillors - the Welsh Government made the decision of a blanket 20mph speed limit across Buckley.

"They totally ignored us."

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Councillor Viv Blondek, the town's mayor, agrees. 

"It's absolutely ridiculous and simply unworkable to think that people are forced to drive at 20mph down roads like Liverpool Road," she said.

"When Buckley Town Council was consulted by Welsh Government, I don't remember any councillors being in favour of the option Welsh Government has taken. 

"This issue will be on the agenda of our next town council meeting and I welcome comments from the people of Buckley on the matter so we can go to the Welsh Government with evidence of how unhappy people are with it."

She added: "People are never going to get used doing 20mph on main roads. 

"People will be driving down Liverpool Road looking more at their speedometer, rather than what's happening in front of them on the road. It has the opposite effect of improving road safety."

A Welsh Government spokesperson said: “We are currently trialling the implementation of 20mph zones across strategically chosen communities before plans to make it the legal default speed limit on all restricted Welsh roads next year.

“The evidence is clear, reducing speed helps to reduce accidents, save lives and helps improve quality of life in communities by making room on our streets for safer active travel.”