Rory Sheehan, local democracy reporterA council leader has described the introduction of Wales’ new 20mph speed limit as “madness” and said that money spent on it could have been used to safeguard local services. But the £33m being spent by the Welsh Government on introducing the 20mph speed limit last month drew most of his ire. “I think it’s madness what they’re doing at this moment in time, spending millions of pounds on 20mph. “I’m really pleased there’s a robust challenge now from the general public on the 20mph, the petition, it’s playing out nationally. “It’s madness that in these extremely difficult times, cost-of-living, electricity, utilities bills going through the roof that you’ve got governments implementing things.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2023 09:19 UTC