Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 6 June 2018.
Residents have been campaigning for the speed limit along Fron Park Road in Holywell to be reduced to 30 mph for some time now. They've been campaigning for it for the sake of the safety of residents and pedestrians and road users. The road's a residential road, with parking along it adjacent to schools and in a number of side roads. It's a daft situation, to be honest: the speed limit heading into that area of Holywell is at 30 mph leading into the town, then it goes to 40 through the top of the town and then it changes to 60. Now, I know that—. The speed limit was recently reviewed, and the limit's been left at 40, which really, really doesn't make any sense to the residents, and it didn't make any sense to me either. The wrong decision was made there, and it's the residents who have to live with it. I know you won't want to comment on a specific case, so I'm using Holywell as an example, but, as a matter of principle, do you agree with me that residents should have the final say on the speed limit along their road?