Pembrokeshire County Council is opening up an opportunity for residents to request changes to the controverisal 20mph limits in their locality.

The move follows a speech outlining his transport priorities bythe Welsh Government’s new Transport Cabinet Secretary Ken Skates, who pledged to put the voice of Welsh citizens at the heart of decision making on transport, while setting out a three-phase plan on 20mph.

To aid this approach Pembrokeshire County Council welcomes constructive views from residents.

If you wish to forward a suggestion, with valid reasons, for why a road should be exempted from the 20mph national speed limit in Pembrokeshire, the Council will log your feedback and review it once new exceptions guidance is available from the Welsh Government.

The Council expects to receive this guidance by the summer.

The Council will not be able to log any general comments about the 20mph National Policy, as that is a matter for the Welsh Government and Welsh Government Ministers.

If your feedback relates to a Trunk Road, these also are not the responsibility of Local Authorities. For queries relating to Trunk Roads please email: [email protected].

More information on Trunk Roads is available on Datamap Wales.

Please note, for your feedback to be recorded/considered we will require the first line of your address and post code.

This will assist Council officers during the review process to ensure that requests for change are made by those who reside within the same area / community for which the request is being made.

Please ensure all the required details are forwarded to the following email account for consideration: [email protected]

Welsh Conservative Senedd Member and Shadow Minister For Transport Natasha Asghar took aim last week at Labour’s blanket 20mph speed limit, which came in September last year, calling it a ‘mad-cap initiative’.

“As time has progressed since Labour’s blanket 20mph policy was introduced last year, public opinion against it has only grown,” she stated.

“Bus services, commuters, emergency services, tourists, residents from all corners of Wales and businesses have all been impacted negatively by this disastrous blanket policy.

“In a world where we are seeing huge technological advancements and transport innovation, Wales has had a Labour government in place for twenty five years who in the words of Doc Brown from Back to the Future have firmly decided ‘where we are going we don’t need roads’.