Department for Transport written question – answered at on 12 June 2023.
Julian Knight
Independent, Solihull
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of variable speed limits on smart motorways on the economy.
Julian Knight
Independent, Solihull
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he plans to remove variable speed limits from existing smart motorways.
Richard Holden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Motorway speed limits benefit the economy by reducing congestion through smoothing, increasing motorway capacity and helping to prevent the significant economic cost of accidents. There are no plans to remove them.
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
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