Speed limit at Brynglas Tunnels raised to 20 mph for summer holidays

WELSH NEWS

The speed limit at one of Wales’s most popular tourist destinations has been raised to 20 mph.

Sightseers at Newport’s Brynglas Tunnels will now be able to admire the queuing traffic both visiting and fleeing the country.

Andy Bellend, a spokesman for the Ministry of Tunnels told WalesOnCraic:

“We always like to do something special for motorists at this time of year. Whether it’s shutting roads or demolishing them completelty, we thought we’d do something a little bit thoughtful this year.

“We met down the Three Bells and decided that this year, we’d raise the speed limit at one of Wales’s most finest tourist attractions to 20mph. This is in keeping with the national speed limit and we’d like to think that this will bring deep joy to our motorists.

“We were thinking of opening a disco in there but we had nowhere to hang the disco balls so we knocked that idea on the head,” he added.

The Brynglas Tunnels were built by the Norman invaders back in 1066. They were wanting to go over Brynglas Hill but were a bit scared of heights so decided to go through the hill instead.

The tunnels are visited by over 3 billion motorists every day.