Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change – in the Senedd at 1:32 pm on 21 September 2022.
One method that has been used effectively by the Welsh Government to decrease emissions, of course, is the introduction of speed limits on some roads in Wales. Not only does that bring environmental benefits, but it brings benefits in terms of safety for residents in those areas. And I want to point out that a campaign has been launched in Glasfryn near Cerrigydrudion to introduce speed limits there. If you travel on the A5 from Bangor all the way to Shrewsbury, Glasfryn is the only village on that journey where there are no speed limits in place, even though there are busy junctions in the village and homes only a metre or two from the side of the road. Indeed, what you see when you reach the village are national speed limit signs, which, to all intents and purposes, remind drivers to drive at 60 miles an hour, which is entirely unacceptable.
May I invite you, Deputy Minister, to meet with the local campaigners, under the leadership of Councillor Gwennol Ellis, either here in Cardiff or, better still, when you come to the north, so that you have an opportunity to visit Glasfryn and see for yourself the situation there and to understand why it's so important that the Welsh Government takes action on this straight away?