Meetings

The Committee considered the petition alongside petitions P-05-767 and P-05-792 and agreed to close the petitions in light of the assurances provided by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport that the petitions and the views of local communities will be taken into account during the ongoing Speed Limit Review, and the prospect that there is little further concrete action that the Petitions Committee could take.

The Committee considered this petition together with P-05-767 A487 Trunk Road Through Tre-Taliesin and P-05-792 Petition to extend the 40mph speed limit in Blaenporth and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport to ask for:

• further details about the progress of the Speed Limit Review to date, the principles underpinning it and the assessment criteria used; and
• practical examples of places that have been reviewed during 2018 so far, and what the outcome has been in each case.

The Committee had previously agreed to group this petition together for consideration with P-05-767 A487 Trunk Road Through Tre-Taliesin: Urgent Need for Effective Speed-Calming Measures and P-05-792 Petition to extend the 40mph speed limit in Blaenporth. 

Members considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport together with further comments from the petitioner for P-05-767 and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary to ask whether he will consider developing a programme for the Speed Limit Review and make it publicly available, in order to respond to concerns over a lack of openness with the process. 

The Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure and agreed to write back to ask, given that the three year Speed Limit Review includes over 600 sites, how the Welsh Government intends to prioritise the work of that Review. 

The Committee discussed the petition in light of the petitioners request for an update and agree to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to ask for further details on the timescales for the Speed Limit Review.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to await the outcome of the Speed Limit Review which is due to commence in summer 2017.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to seek an update on the outcome of the petitioners’ discussion with Welsh Government officials.

The Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to share the results of the traffic monitoring scheme with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, seeking his views and asking if this information could be taken into account as part of ongoing work on the safety of this stretch of road.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the results of the traffic monitoring scheme, and the petitioner’s views at that point, before deciding whether to take further action on the issue.