A report on Thursday at a Monmouthshire County Council meeting will seek Cabinet Member approval to proceed with several speed restrictions throughout the county.

Traffic Orders relate to the governing of speed through communities and a number have been put forward and it is being recommended by the authors of the report, Graham Kinsella, Traffic and Road Safety Manager Gareth Freeman, Assistant Engineer (Traffic)  that a public inquiry is not required and to proceed to approve and implement the proposed Orders without consultation.

The Traffic Orders under consideration relate to: 20mph Speed Limit on the A4077, Gilwern; 20mph Speed Limit on the B4598, Llancayo;; 20mph and 30mph Speed Limits on the B4293 and C57-4 (Itton Common Road), Itton Common; 20mph and 30mph Speed Limit on C26-2 (Pit-Wern-Yr-Heolydd Road) and C26-7 (Huntsman Lane), The Pitt, Llanarth; 20mph and 30mph Speed Limits on the B4347, Grosmont; 40mph Speed Limit on the B4235, Llangwm; ; 20mph and 40mph Speed Limits on the R71, Llansoy; 30mph Speed Limits on B4293 and R83 (Devauden Road), Devauden; 20mph Speed limit on C23-2, Maypole and St Maughans; 40mph Speed Limit on the A466, St Arvans to Tintern; 30mph Speed Limit on the A466, Buckholt 30mph Speed Limit on the B4245, Magor. 

The proposals will either be funded from Monmouthshire County Council’s Road Safety and Traffic Management budget, the Welsh Government 20mph Grant, or from the Welsh Government Road Safety Grant. 

Councillor Catrin Maby, Cabinet member for Climate Change and the Environment is expected to approve the report

The reduction  from 60mph to 40mph Speed Limit on the A466, St Arvans to Tintern will be implemented following a successful road safety grant bid to Welsh Government to address a recognised road safety/collision history. The report states that this proposal will “reduce inappropriate travelling speeds and contribute to making this section of the A466 safer for all highway users”. 

The Devauden Traffic Orders arise following representations from the local elected ward member and the report says that :”It has been deemed appropriate to amend the extents of the 30mph speed limit on two approaches to the Devauden 20mph Speed limit. These amendments aim to enhance the effectiveness of the buffer speed limits and incrementally reduce vehicular speeds leading into the 20mph speed limit.”