AQW 2640/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he intends to revise his Department’s policy on 30mph speed limit repeater signs to take into account local road safety concerns.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 1 July 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 July 2022
- Answer due by
- 20 July 2022
- Answered
- 14 July 202213 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
There are no plans to change the policy on the provision of 30mph repeater signs, which uses the presence of street lights to indicate that there is a 30 mph (48 km/h) speed limit, unless otherwise signed. This approach is well understood as in the 2019/20 Continuous Household Survey, 90% of respondents correctly identified that the presence of streetlights indicates that the speed limit is generally 30mph.