Interim Speed Management Plan
We’re asking for your feedback on our Speed Management Plan which proposes to lower the speed limit around several schools, and some other residential streets.
Why we’re doing it.
The New Zealand Government has launched the Road to Zero (R2Z) strategy 2020-2030, which targets a 40% reduction in deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
Upper Hutt City Council, along with Waka Kotahi, has a shared responsibility to bring about safe and appropriate speed reduction measures to facilitate lower impact speed, especially to vulnerable road users around schools.
We’re focusing on infrastructure improvements and speed management, an intervention to achieve lower speed limits around schools.
The addition of the Setting of Speed Limit 2022 to the Land Transport Rule states that 40% of schools must comply with the new, reduced speed limits by 30 June 2024, and the remainder by 31 December 2027.
How it could impact you.
To achieve this, we have developed a Speed Management Plan which proposes reducing the speed limit of 13 out of 19 schools to 30km/h. We'll consult on the remaining six Upper Hutt schools at a later date, in time to reduce the speed limits around them by 2027.
Proposed works would begin within the next 18 months.
Your feedback.
While we don’t have the ability to change the 30km/h mandate around schools, we would like your feedback on some additional aspects of the plan which include:
- The boundaries of the speed reductions
- Whether you’d prefer a variable or permanent reduction in speed in these areas
- What you think about additional traffic calming measures, like road humps
We’re also asking for your feedback on a proposed speed reduction for Messines Ave and Alexander Road between Freyberg Road and Ward Street, and Moonshine Hill Road between River Road and Kirton Drive.
More information.
Please review the documents in the Supporting Information section to see the proposed changes for each area.
If you would like to make a submission, please complete the online submission form below.
Submissions close at 5.00 pm on 14 April 2023.
