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Martin Redfern
Devon County Council has postponed its plans to increase the speed limit along the length of Exwick Road from Redhills to Station Road, and to extend the increase along St Andrew’s Road, after admitting that public consultation responses to its plans had gone missing.
The council has been justifying the changes, which would also introduce new on-road parking restrictions, on the grounds they would improve road safety and reduce congestion.
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