Reduce rural road speed limit callJoseph Johnson/Stuff Waimakariri Mayor David AyersSouth Canterbury's rural mayors want rural road speeds dropped to 80km/h and 40km/h. But Waimakariri mayor David Ayers, who chairs the Canterbury region's road safety committee, suggested some rural roads' speed limit could be reduced from 100km/h and 50km/h to 80km/h and 40km/h. John Bisset Mackenzie Mayor Graham SmithA rural road is defined as a non-urban road that connects to the state highways. Mackenzie District Mayor Graham Smith said the council was open to the idea of reducing rural road speed limits. Timaru District Councillor Dave Jack, who attended the committee meeting, said reducing rural road speed limits had merit.

Source: Stuff March 02, 2018 05:03 UTC