Rejected petition Reverse blanket 20 mph speed limit now do not wait until September, do not pass buck to councils.

A petition of over half a million people has recently been considered on getting rid of the new 20 mph default speed limit yet the Welsh government's response has been inadequate and seeks further delays and consultation at local council level. The government are the legislators and must now do just that by making a prompt and immediate reversal of this unnecessary and unpopular regulation which also uses more fuel and causes more pollution by making journey times longer.

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We the undersigned do not object to the keeping of 20mph with +/- 100m zones outside primary school, nurseries, old people's homes, hospitals and on all estates where speed humps are already in existence.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

The Petitions Committee has recently considered a petition on this issue:
P-06-1407 We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law

Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here:
https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=43227&Opt=3

The Petitions Committee have requested a debate in plenary.

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Date submitted 24 April 2024
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