On Tuesday, the Halifax Regional Municipality announced the speed limit would be reduced from 50 to 40 km/h in the Fairmount neighbourhood, with crews beginning to post new signage on Wednesday. The lowest speed limit Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is allowed to post outside of school areas is 50 km/h, based on the provincial Motor Vehicle Act. In 2017, council asked the provincial government for permission to lower the speed limit on all residential streets to 40 km/h, but the government said no. Tim Outhit posted to social media on Tuesday, those characteristics must include the following: the functional classification of the street must be local; the street speed limit must be 50 km/h; a speed study must be completed confirming the 85th percentile speed is close to 40 km/h or plans are in place for changes to limit speeds close to 40 km/h; recommended speed limit of 40 km/h as provided by Canadian Guidelines for Establishing Residential Speed Limits; and recommendation for the 40 km/h speed limit must be in writing from the Local Traffic Authority. Sign Up Now“Is the province basically saying, ‘Yeah, you can have 40 km/h speed limits basically on streets where they’re already travelling 40 km/h’?

Source: thestar November 19, 2019 21:44 UTC