Consultation on the proposal to introduce 110km/h speed limits on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road and on the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway closes at 5pm today.
The Transport Agency's Director Safety and Environment, Harry Wilson, is encouraging people to provide their feedback through the Transport Agency website www.nzta.govt.nz/110speedlimit
'We've had a fantastic response over the last month with submission numbers in the thousands. All of the input we get from stakeholders, road users and the community will be considered before a final decision is made.
'The next step is to collate the responses and analyse the submissions. All comments will be considered through the process, so it's more comprehensive than just counting the yes's and no's.”
Harry says these two roads have been selected first because they are some of the best in New Zealand and if implemented, the new speed limit will be in operation before the end of 2017.
'These are two of our very best roads with safety features such as median-barriers and two lanes in each direction which significantly reduce head-on collisions - a primary cause of very serious crashes."
Read more and have your say here: www.nzta.govt.nz/110speedlimit
The final number of responses after consultation closes won't be available until all responses have been collated and analysed.
1 comment
golly gosh
Posted on 27-10-2017 05:43 | By old trucker
Its 75 mph in some USA States and some doing 80 mph and you never see a cop, this thing about speed kills is RUBBISH, all the latest cars are up to this speed especially on the TEL road, I WISH the BLUE line would let people Be,as long as its safe let it go, In the Northern Territory is open limit, whats the problem here, its a lot of soft tissue PC stuff,its only the CLOWNS who cause the problems out there, my thoughts only on this subject, Thanks to the BEST NEWS IN NZ, Thankyou,10-4 out. phew.,PS its all about, Revenue.and keeping their job.
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