The slow road out of town: speed review set to cut limits on Wellington's main highwaysJOEL MAXWELL/STUFF Holiday traffic heads north through Paekākāriki . Motorists using the main highways in and out of Wellington may soon have to ease off the accelerator with the New Zealand Transport Agency set to take a knife to some open highway speed limits across the region. A report to Porirua city councillors said the Transport Agency would consult from late March on the proposed SH58 speed reduction. JARED NICOLL/STUFF Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy wants to be involved with any decisions around speed limits. Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy said his council would "have plenty to say" about dropping speed limits on SH58 and SH2 – the two main highways into Hutt Valley.

Source: Stuff March 02, 2018 06:22 UTC