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The M4 section still 50mph three years after Welsh Government said it needed to be fixed

A 50mph speed limit along a stretch of the M4 which was only supposed to be in place for a year and a half looks set to remain for the foreseeable future.

In December, 2020, we reported how the “temporary” measures were introduced from M4 motorway junction 45 at Ynysforgan, to junction 46 at Llangyfelach^[1].

Welsh ministers said at the time that traffic needed to be restricted in the area of the motorway because of the likelihood of danger to the public or of serious damage to the road”, due to the structural condition of the safety barrier in the central reservation.

The maximum duration of the order was 18 months, but it is still in place. Click here^[2] to read the full report.

References

1. ^{^} Llangyfelach (www.walesonline.co.uk)
2. ^{^} Click here (www.walesonline.co.uk)