{"id":239,"date":"2025-03-13T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T04:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daveforcouncil.nz\/?p=239"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T04:01:21","slug":"explained-why-are-speed-limit-changes-costing-over-8-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Why are speed limit changes costing over $8 million?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s a classic example of Wellington telling local councils what to do but not funding it. Auckland ratepayers will have to fund $4 million because of the National led coalition government’s deal with the minority ACT Party to remove Safer Speeds from around schools. With rates rises reaching eye watering levels as a result of big government interference in local affairs and it’s time to call it out and demand that government fully covers costs for it’s demands on local authorities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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$8 Million Bill To Ratepayers<\/p><\/div>\n

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30kph and 50kph? Speed limit signs on John Street, Ponsonby are confusing.Erin Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Speed limits will change on 1540 roads in Auckland before July 1, at an estimated cost of $8.8m not budgeted in the region\u2019s transport spend. So why is this happening?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What is happening?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Auckland Transport will increase speed limits on 1540 roads where limits were dropped since January 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Why are the speed limits increasing?<\/h2>\n

The changes stem back to the last election and are part of\u00a0the coalition agreement\u00a0<\/a>between National and Act.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0government\u2019s rule change\u00a0<\/a>requires local roading authorities to reverse speed limit changes that were put in place in recent years on local roads because of a school in the area, or on main roads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Where and when will speed limits change?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Drivers will see the first speed limit rises on main roads, mostly in south-east Auckland, from Monday March 17.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There will be 34 speed limit changes on 26 main roads before March 30, most of those (18) will be on roads in the Howick Local Board area. Six are in the \u014ctara-Papatoetoe Local Board area.<\/p>\n

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Most of those changes will return speeds to 60kph, although Te Irirangi Drive will change to 80kph from 175m south of Ti Rakau Dr to 100m north of Belinda Ave.<\/p>\n

AT\u2019s map shows speed limits\u00a0<\/a>will increase on 1530 stretches of local roads from May to June. Manurewa is the suburb where the most changes will happen, with 121 in Manurewa, 80 in Weymouth, 18 in Manurewa East and 46 in Clendon Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What about around schools?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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