Have your say on the expressway speed limit
Waka Kotahi-NZ Transport Agency is now consulting of raising the speed limit to 110km/h on 64km of SH1-Waikato Expressway.
The expressway is nearing completion, with the Hamilton section scheduled to open in mid-2022. Once complete, the expressway will improve safety, reliability and congestion on SH1 by delivering a four-lane highway from south of the Bombay Hills to south of Cambridge.
Some of the more recently completed sections of the Waikato Expressway are built to very high safety standards. Because these roads have features that make it safer for travelling at higher speeds, the speed limit may be set to a higher limit than other state highways.
For example, late in 2017, following consultation, the speed limit on the Cambridge section was increased to 110km/h.
The Huntly, Rangiriri and Longswamp sections of the expressway have been designed and built to be safely driven at 110km/h. The Hamilton section, which is in construction, will also be able to be safely driven at 110km/h.
The Transport Agency is now preparing to upgrade the remaining sections: At Hampton Downs, Ohinewai, Ngaruawahia and Tamahere. This will mean that, when completed, 64km of the expressway between Hampton Downs and Tamahere will meet the necessary design and safety standards for a 110km/h speed limit.
Formal consultation on new speed limit proposals is required under the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits (2017).
Before we make a decision, we want to hear from you.
How to respond
Feedback on the 110km/h speed review is open from today, 26 October, until 5pm on Tuesday 23 November 2021.
Submissions can be emailed to waikato.speed.reviews@nzta.govt.nz, or completed online at www.nzta.govt.nz/WEX110
People can also download a consultation form from the same webpage and post it for free.
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