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Council moves to cut speed limits

By Katie Holland
Rotorua Daily Post·
17 Apr, 2014 02:00 AM3 mins to read

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Cutting speed limits makes the roads safer.

Cutting speed limits makes the roads safer.

The Rotorua District Council is looking to reduce speed limits for some urban and rural roads - including Fenton St.

At a meeting of the strategy, policy & finance committee yesterday, the council agreed to consult residents and other agencies on proposals to reduce speed limits on six roads across the district.

The roads where speed reductions are being proposed are:

-Hamurana Rd: from 100km/h to 80km/h (200m west of Kaska Rd to 100m east of Waerenga Rd)

-Otaramarae Rd: from 100km/h to 50km/h (Maniatutu Rd - 1060m south of Vercoe Rd)

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-Wharenui Rd: from 100km/h to 50km/h (to end of Porikapa Rd)

-Tarawera Rd: from 70km/h to 50km/h (from Te Ngae Rd roundabout to just past Lynmore Ave)

-Tarawera Rd: from 100km/h to 50km/h (Blue Lake - past DoC entrance to just past Okareka Loop Rd)

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-Fenton St: from 60km/h to 50km/h.

The committee chairwoman and people strategy lead, councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, said the proposals all related to areas where traffic speed had been identified as a concern in terms of community safety.

"We've listened to those concerns and our roading engineers have done a lot of work investigating all the options, including discussions with NZTA officials.

"In setting speed limits, we have to take into account things like the amount of development along a road, traffic volumes, actual speeds, pedestrians, cyclists, visibility and intersections - while balancing optimum traffic flows with road safety requirements.

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"We also have to carefully consider the practicalities of policing speed limits and, most importantly, before we finalise anything we need to consult with our community, New Zealand Police, the Automobile Association and New Zealand Transport Agency."

The council has a statutory role to set speed limits on roads under its jurisdiction, however changing a speed limit isn't a simple process and requires a legal bylaw change.

Councils can make changes only if they meet the criteria set at national level and must comply with the NZTA's Speed Limit Setting Rule.

Mrs Raukawa-Tait said she expected particular interest in the proposal to cut the existing 60km/h limit on Fenton St down to 50km/h, something which had been advocated by the Rotorua Association of Motels.

"The reality is that actual speeds have been successfully reduced along Fenton St since a number of roundabouts were installed as crash reduction measures.

"So the new 50km/h speed limit would come into line with actual existing speed practice ..."

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The public consultation on the speed limits on the six roads is expected to take place during May or June this year.

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