Sixth-form students from a Chepstow school continued their drive for a decreased speed limit in the town with a peaceful protest earlier this month.

Wyedean School students took to Chepstow high street on Saturday 2nd March campaigning for the speed limit on the A48 Wye Bridge to be lowered from 50mph to 30mph.

The classmates carried placards and signs in an attempt to raise awareness of their petition, which was launched at a Chepstow Town Council meeting at the start of December.

With a successful reception from the town, the petition received an extra 450 signatures, bringing its total number to well over 1,000.

"The students had a really successful day, with people honking their horns as they drove past and only two people saying they didn't agree with the petition," said sixth-form mentor Isla Arendell.

"The town council has been excellent too, they even came down to the school recently to see how the campaign was getting on".

The students will be delivering their petition to the Senedd in Cardiff in three weeks for the Welsh Government to assess.

The argument for a lowered speed limit on the bridge has been brewing for some time, with no one authority taking responsibility of the structure which spans the Wales/ England divide.

The bridge lies between the jurisdictions of Monmouthshire County Council, Gloucestershire County Council, and the Welsh Assembly's South Wales Trunk Road Agency (SWTRA).

Speaking in December, 16-year-old Anna Dewer approached Chepstow town councillors saying: "We find the speed on the bridge completely unacceptable. 300 Wyedean students cross the bridge each day, that is one quarter of the whole school.

"On average, two pupils are injured on this road every year, do we need to wait for someone to be killed?"