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Plans to cut speed limits on Scotland's single carriageway roads to 50mph have been axed following backlash. However, transport chiefs announced on Monday that the proposal has been ditched after they ...

The national speed limit on single carriageway roads in Scotland would be cut from 60mph to 50mph under plans unveiled by SNP ministers, raising fears that Wales might follow suit. Fiona Hyslop, the ...

Plans to lower the national speed limit on single carriageway roads have been scrapped by SNP ministers – after they spent more than £500,000 working up the proposal. The SNP government yesterday ...

The Scottish government has dropped plans to reduce the national speed limit on single carriageway roads. Proposals included reducing the speed limit on the roads from 60mph down to 50mph. A ...

NATS chiefs today slammed the brakes on plans to reduce the national speed limit to 50mph after a public backlash to the proposals. The move was welcomed by Scottish Tory MSP Liam Kerr who said cash ...

Motorists could face dramatically reduced speed limits after calls to slash the national speed limit by half. The government is being pressured to implement a 30mph restriction on single carriageways ...

Drivers could see the UK national speed limit cut in HALF with the Labour Party government told to take action. Labour has been told to introduce a speed limit on single carriageways across the UK.

14:10, Tue, Dec 16, 2025 Updated: 14:15, Tue, Dec 16, 2025 Transport chiefs have confirmed work will be undertaken to increase speed limits for Heavy Goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes in Scotland.