News

20mph limit to put brakes on boy racers

A 20MPH speed limit is to be imposed on streets in Aberystwyth town centre to put the brakes on boy racers and other dangerous drivers.

But the plans announced by Ceredigion County Council chiefs won’t include Great Darkgate Street, Bridge Street and Alexandra Road because they form part of the A487 trunk road and are controlled by the Welsh Assembly.

There have long been complaints about boy racers and a lack of action by the police, and the council’s imposition of a 20mph zone on streets on the seafront side of Great Darkgate Street has been welcomed by local councillors.

Cllr Ceredig Davies said it would stop people using the town’s streets “as a racetrack” in the evening, but critics argue that such anti-social drivers are not the kind of people to obey the new limit.

• See this week's poll to have your say
• See the Aberystwyth edition of the Cambrian News for full story