{"id":49590,"date":"2023-09-29T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highwaytale.com\/?p=49590"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:19:27","slug":"council-20mph-speed-limit-powers-to-be-curbed-by-pm-in-pro-motorist-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highwaytale.com\/car-reviews\/council-20mph-speed-limit-powers-to-be-curbed-by-pm-in-pro-motorist-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Council 20mph speed limit powers to be curbed by PM in \u2018pro-motorist\u2019 package"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rishi Sunak is reported to be readying a package of \u2018pro-motorist\u2019 policies to be announced at the Conservative Party conference this weekend<\/h2>\n


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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to reveal a package of \u2018pro-motorist\u2019 polices at the Conservative party annual conference in Manchester next week, that will include a limit on the powers that councils have to implement new 20mph zones.<\/p>\n

The package of measures is also said to include rolling back some of the restrictions on drivers entering bus lanes, while councils\u2019 ability to raise fines from ANPR cameras for transgressions such as entering box junctions are said to be in the firing line, too.<\/p>\n

The measures follow Sunak\u2019s recent announcement that the ban on new petrol and diesel-engined cars would be delayed from 2030 to 2035, and signal his apparent determination to capitalise before next year\u2019s general election on the perception that his party\u2019s Labour rivals are \u2018anti-car\u2019.<\/p>\n