The Department for Transport’s consultation on the new Road Safety Strategy set out the overarching objective of reducing casualties among all road users. This objective should inform decisions on reviewing and setting speed limits and therefore provides context for the speed limit advice. In the consultation the DfT committed to updating the speed limit circular and asked for views on specific policy proposals about speed limits. Comments in response to these proposals have informed the proposed amendments to the Circular. 

PACTS broadly welcomes the principles outlined in the revision of the DfT’s Speed Limit Circular 01/2006. Granting wider flexibility to Local Authorities on speed limits and zones will present an opportunity for more appropriate, contextually-relevant decisions to be made about Local Authority roads.

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