I'm curious about the 70mph speed limit signs on the A55 in North Wales. I 
think I've gone just about as far as Google's going to get me with this so I 
wondered if anybody has further information. Here's where I've got to so 
far:

Sections of the A55 are designated as a 'Special Road'.

According to www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1990/Uksi_19901586_en_5.htm  obviously 
published in 1990:

"It is necessary to impose a specific speed limit on the special road 
because it is not a motorway and the provisions of the Motorways Traffic 
(Speed Limit) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/502) only apply to special roads 
which are motorways. The provisions of the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per 
hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977 as continued 
indefinitely by the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per 
hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1548) do 
not apply to special roads."

Here's my first problem: I've never heard of "the 70 miles per hour, 60 
miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977" 
which apparently doesn't apply to 'special roads' anyway. I infer from the 
name that it probably brought the National Speed Limit into being - is that 
correct?

This brings me to my main question. The page mentioned above was obviously 
current in 1990, yet I thought that speed limits were laid down by vehicle 
and road type in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which I would have 
assumed replaced the provisions of the 70 miles per hour, etc. Orders 
1977/78. Is this the case or does this 70 miles per hour, etc still exist. 
More importantly, are 'special roads' subject to the vehicle/road speed 
limits laid down in the RTRA 1984?

As many will know, some sections of the A55 North Wales Expressway, have 
speed limit signs showing 70mph in red roundels. I assume that these are the 
sections which are designated as 'special roads', which I had assumed, if 
the NSL didn't apply, would have some sort of Order or Regulation enacted to 
mirror the NSL for all vehicles. However the current legislation concerning 
at least one stretch of this road seems to me to apply a blanket 70mph speed 
limit to all vehicles. That's the A55 Trunk Road (Glan Conwy - Conwy Morfa, 
Conwy County Borough) (Temporary 70 mph Speed Limit) Order 2007 at 
http://wales.gov.uk/legislationcs/inforce/localsi/temptraffic/2007/40382313/1329116/EnglishOrderA55GlanConwytoC1.doc?lang=en

That's a Word document, so for the wary the important part is:

"2. No person shall cause or permit any vehicle to proceed at a speed 
exceeding 70 miles per hour in that length of the trunk road between Glan 
Conwy and Conwy Morfa in the County of Conwy which extends from a point 80 
metres east of the centrepoint of Glan Conwy Interchange Roundabout to a 
point 200 metres west of the centreline of the bridge to Conwy Morfa at 
Conwy Morfa Interchange

3. The provisions of article 13 of the Special Road (Glan Conwy-Conwy Morfa) 
Regulations 1990(3) are hereby suspended."

So, in short, do the speed limits in the RTRA 1984 apply to 'special roads' 
or not, if they do then what's the purpose of the A55 Trunk Road etc Order 
above, if not then where is the speed limit on these 'special' sections of 
the A55 for vehicles other than cars laid down?

The way I read this, it seems that NSL doesn't apply on these roads and the 
only speed limit is a 70mph limit for all vehicles including vans and 
trucks. That can't be right can it?

Alec 


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