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<p>The Department has no plans to change national speed limits.</p><p> </p><p>Local
traffic authorities are responsible for setting speed limits on local roads and for
targeting their funding on measures that are most effective in ensuring that their
roads become safer. To assist with this, the Department published guidance to local
highway authorities on setting speed limits in 2013, and furthermore last year published
an evaluation into the effectiveness of 20mph speed limits. The 2016 update to the
TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions) also made significant changes
to facilitate and reduce the cost of providing 20 mph zones in England, allowing traffic
authorities to place repeater speed signs and/or speed roundel road markings as well
as traffic calming features.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2017 the Government published
its first statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, setting out its ambition
to make cycling and walking the natural choice for shorter journeys. And in July 2019,
the Government published the Road Safety Statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety.
This includes a two-year action plan to address a range of road safety issues which
will improve safety for cyclists.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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