Wales to drop blanket 20mph speed limits by September

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A 20mph speed limit sign in Treorchy, Wales
The speeds limits were introduced in September last year under Mark Drakeford, the previous first minister - Jay Williams

Wales’s blanket 20mph speed limits will be dropped by September, the nation’s new Labour transport secretary has said.

Local councils can start lowering limits in six months’ time, Ken Skates told the devolved Senedd parliament on Tuesday.

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