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United Kingdom: Speed limit on 34-mile stretch of M1 to be limited to 60mph to cut air pollution

2014-01-07 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Motorway drivers are set to be limited to a speed of just 60mph for a 34-mile stretch of the M1 in a bid to meet European standards on air pollution. The Highways Agency is proposing introducing the new lower maximum as part of an upgrade to the UK's major north-south motorway in Yorkshire and the Midlands. The new curb on speed comes less than two years after coalition proposals to increase the motorway speed limit to 80mph, which were quietly dropped in the face of safety concerns. The 60mph...

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