A MEETING is set to take place between Flintshire Council and the Welsh Government to discuss the 20mph speed limit.

Jack Sargeant MS, Mark Tami MP and Carolyn Thomas MS have facilitated a meeting between Flintshire Council and Welsh Government in an attempt to ensure a more pragmatic approach is taken to new 20mph limits.

As of Sunday September 17, the majority of residential roads in Wales have changed from 30mph to 20mph.

The Welsh Government says the move will help save lives and also hope that it can encourage people to walk or cycle to work.

But, as with during the trial period in areas like Buckley, the change has been met with strong opposition throughout Wales. 

A petition against the change has so far gathered over 438,000 signatures.

Across Wales, many local authorities have already varied a significant number of roads back to 30mph where this makes practical sense, these include Swansea, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Carmarthenshire.

Now, Jack Sargeant MS, Mark Tami MP and Carolyn Thomas MS have issued the below statement, calling for a cooperative approach:

“We have facilitated a meeting between Flintshire Council and the Welsh Government to seek to move towards a more pragmatic approach where more roads are brought back to 30mph in Flintshire.”

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Mr Sargeant has previously spoken in the Senedd for the need for Welsh Government to work with Councils on the exemptions process:

He said: "As you all will be aware, one of the pilot areas in this trial was Buckley in my own constituency, and in the Deputy Minister's own words, mistakes were made in that pilot.

"If you speak to residents in Buckley, this was largely due to the need to listen to locals and local residents on the need for exemptions. Some roads do not need to be 20 mph. It is absolutely vital that we get this exemptions process right and that local people can identify roads that will remain at 30 mph.

“I've recently been contacted by residents in Buckley making very reasonable requests about roads B5125 and A549 in particular. We need a process that allows local authorities to be responsive to such requests from local communities."