Auckland Transport to spend $33 million on speed limit reductions

It has been revealed that Auckland Transport will spend $33 million on reducing speed limits across the nation’s largest city.

At the end of September 2022, the council-controlled organisation announced speed limit changes for more than 1600 roads across Auckland.

The changes are a part of AT’s Safe Speeds Programme and will come into effect between 1 December 2022 and 30 March 2023.

Most of the roads which will have their speed limits reduced include those around schools (980), rural roads (415), residential streets (58), community requested roads (41), rural marae roads (18), town centres, and 90 per cent of Waiheke Island’s roads.

National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says the money could be better spent fixing the potholes plaguing our roads.

“I am calling on Auckland Transport to review these latest speed limit reductions in light of the significant cost of implementing them, but also in light of the recent local election which has led to a significant change in direction around the council table.

“Aucklanders and New Zealanders are sick and tired of the war on cars… and it is time Auckland Transport listened to what Aucklanders are saying.”