60mph motorway speed limit plan shelved: M1 / M3

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"Plans to impose a 60mph speed limit on parts of the M3 and M1 motorways to cut air pollution have been put on hold."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28210416

 

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"Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has given the Highways Agency 18 months to devise alternative methods to tackle pollution on a 32 mile stretch of the M1 in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire and 2.8 miles of the M3 in Surrey.

If none can be found a 60mph limit could still be imposed at peak times.

But Mr McLoughlin has ruled out a blanket cut in the speed limit."

 

[BTB 500]

There's already a permanent 50 mph speed limit on the stretch of the M3 around the M25 junction.

 

[Meldrew2]

There's already a permanent 50 mph speed limit on the stretch of the M3 around the M25 junction.

That's totally pointless. Who ever goes that fast near the M25?

 

[ChrisA]

There's a speed limit on the Motorway