Parts of Napier, where go-karts used to race, are now heading for speed-limit cuts, to be discussed at a council meeting on Tuesday. Photo / File
Napier City Council is being asked to lower city centre speed limit despite an outcry and opposition from as many as two-thirds who spoke up on the issue.
The recommendation has been made by staff in reports for a full council meeting to be held next Tuesday, stemming from public
consultation earlier this year on speed limit cuts across the city.
Of 693 responses on the proposal for the maximum allowable speed in the CBD to drop to 30km/h, 61.6 per cent were opposed.
Based on feedback over the last three years and in the consultation, a schedule of speed reductions is recommended for more than 40 streets and roads, from the CBD to a string of rural roads headed for a halving of the limits from 100km/h to the urban setting of 50km/h.
Among them are Eriksen and Kenny Rds in and out of the rapidly growing Te Awa residential area.
