A Scotland-wide proposal to reduce thousands of speed limits from 30mph to 20mph has been branded a 'political trade-off' to maintain Holyrood coalition.
West Lothian Council's Executive heard that more than 1,500 roads in the county had been identified as having the potential of being moved from 30mph to 20mph zones, at a cost of more than £6m.
A consultation had been carried out at the behest of Transport Scotland, the national transport agency to build the case for cutting speed limits in built up areas .
