Photo: NZ HeraldMotorists will now be able to travel up to 110km/h per hour on some of New Zealand's key expressways. Associate Transport Minister Tim Macindoe said faster speed limits would initially be rolled out to the Tauranga Eastern Link, and parts of the Waikato Expressway. The new speed limit would be in effect on roads that met the criteria by the end of this year. The faster 110km/h speed limit would only apply to stretches of roads built to a standard where the higher speed limit was safe and appropriate, he said. "Our new Roads of National Significance are our safest roads - with no fatalities to date.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 23, 2017 23:03 UTC