SPEED MANAGEMENT PLAN ADOPTED TO KEEP ROAD USERS SAFE

TAUPŌ DISTRICT COUNCIL has adopted an interim speed management plan aimed at keeping road users in the district safe.

The interim speed management plan includes a list of priority one changes to speed limits to be approved and implemented over 2022 and 2023. Consultation for the draft Speed Management Plan 2022 was completed between March and May this year and 249 submissions were received. These were taken into account when developing the interim SMP adopted by Council on Tuesday and many of the changes proposed were adjusted to reflect those submissions.

The focus for priority 1 changes (within the next two years) are:

• streets arounds schools

• town centres, including Tūrangi town centre and Kinloch

• setting speed limits on new or unclassified roads (including in new subdivisions).

• rural roads with high safety issues or community concerns.

The speed limit around the majority of the district’s schools will be reduced to 30km/h. Some schools on busier roads will be 30km/h only at the start and end of the school day.

As part of the Taupō Town Centre Transformation Project, the speed limit on Roberts Street will be reduced to 10km/h to provide greater safety to pedestrians in the area. The speed limit on other town centre roads will be reduced to 30km/h.

Other busy areas, such as near the Paetiki and Tauhara shopping centres and sections of the Kinloch and Tūrangi networks, will also have their speed limits reduced, following requests from the communities there.

Read more at www.taupo.govt.nz.