The 20 miles per hour speed limit has angered people across the country, and calls to go back on it were heard as soon as it began, and one council is making steps towards reverting at least some of their roads back to the original 30, with as many as 16 roads being mentioned.
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00:00As soon as the Welsh Government announced their 20 mile an hour plans for roads around
00:05Wales it was met with instant backlash and calls for it to be overturned. Hundreds of
00:10thousands of signatures on a petition, public outcry and strong debate from opposition parties.
00:15Now almost a year and a half later there are signs that there might be moves to bring at
00:19least some roads back to 30 miles per hour. The Welsh Government have always said it was
00:24never a blanket policy across the country and there was some discussion with local authorities
00:28about how to best approach some areas. One of the local authorities have now moved further
00:33along in the process to revert part of their roads network back to 30 mile an hour. Newport
00:38City Council feel that there are roughly 16 roads around the city and surrounding areas
00:43that will be looked at. Following consultation as many as 300 different changes were mentioned
00:49many of which did not fit the national policy. The next stage to bring the 16 roads back
00:53to 30 mile an hour will pass by further review before being implemented properly.