In comments set to irk drivers, Louise Haigh said she would allow local areas to decide whether to install what critics dub 'anti-motorist' measures.
Labour will support the rollout of more controversial 20mph speed zones and low-traffic neighbourhoods, the Transport Secretary has said.
Low-traffic neighbourhoods , which include pop-up cycle lanes, wider pavements and closing streets to cars, have been hailed as a success by many councils. Low-traffic neighbourhoods , which include pop-up cycle lanes, wider pavements and closing streets to cars, have been hailed as a success by many councils Read More Labour would 'declare war' on motorists, Tories claim In Labour-run Wales, ministers last year imposed a blanket 20mph limit on 'restricted roads' - which are 30mph by default in England - affecting 7,700 miles.
But Ms Haigh told Bloomberg that traffic speed limits would now be 'entirely up for local areas to decide'. But shadow transport secretary Helen Whately said Labour seemed unable to take a 'common sense approach to transport'.
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