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60mph speed limit proposal for stretch of M1 motorway
The government is proposing to set up a 60mph speed limit for a 32-mile stretch of the M1, in a bid to cut pollution.
The Highways Agency says the new restriction would apply from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week.
It would be in place from junction 28, near Matlock, Derbyshire, to junction 35a, north of Rotherham.
Variable speed limits are widely used to aid traffic flow, but the RAC said this could be the first time they had been implemented to cut air pollution
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25619914
