A speed limit of 30km/h could be imposed on many Rotorua streets.
The possibility is included in what will make up a draft speed management plan and members of Rotorua Lakes Council’s infrastructure and environment committee will decide whether to move to public consultation at a meeting next Wednesday.
Data indicated inappropriate speeding contributed to about 60 per cent of fatal crashes and 71 per cent of injury crashes nationally.
There were three options for urban speed limits, and the preferred option was to set urban connectors at 50km/h and local streets, roads outside schools and in the CBD at 30km/h.
If it were applied to a 1km radius around schools, more than 75 per cent of streets would be lowered to 30km/h.
Honey Comb owner Sarah Pearson is in favour of lowering Rotorua’s CBD speed limit.
Rotorua salon Honey Comb owner Sarah Pearson thought lowering the limit in the CBD was a great idea.
Wright believed the limit would need to be enforced with speed cameras, however.
Rotorua Cycle Action has advocated for lower speeds in the CBD for years.
Elected members are asked to accept the recommended approach to setting speed limits for Rotorua and the use of this approach to create a draft speed management plan and to authorise public consultation on it.
Credit: sunlive.co.nz
