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Speed limits in NapierPae tere ki Ahuriri

Napier City Council is tasked with setting enforceable speed limits on roads within Napier. We aim to balance mobility and safety by ensuring speed limits are safe, appropriate and credible for the level of roadside development and the category of road for which they are set.

2022 Speed Limit Bylaw 

The 2022 Speed Limit Bylaw was adopted by Council, and changes are in effect from 1 November 2021.

Speed Limit Bylaw changes include the below locations and changes to speed.

Location/Road Name

Old Speed Limit (km/h)

New Speed Limit (km/h)

Urban school zones (Variable Limits)

50

40/30

Sandy Road

100

80

Hales Road

100

80

Sears Road

100

80

Jessep Road

100

80

King Road

100

80

Brookfields Road

100

80

Tannery Road

100

80

Burness Road

100

80

Waverley Road

100

80

Ulyatt Road

100

50

Puketitiri Road

100

80

Poraiti Road

100

80

Fryer Road

100

80

Nilgri Road

100

80

Boyd Road

100

80

Pineleigh Drive

100

80

Ballantyne Road

100

80

Ballantyne Place

100

80

Longview Road

100

80

Penrith Road

100

80

Silverton Road

100

80

Quarry Ridge

100

80

Springfield Road

100

60

Prebensen Drive

100

80

Awatoto Road

100

80

Hill Road

100

80

Puketapu Road

100

50

Tamatea Drive

70

50

Te Awa Avenue

70

50

Eriksen Road

100

50

Kenny Road

100

50

Onehunga Road (western end)

100

50

Awatoto Road (250m from intersection of Meeanee Road)

100

50

Sandy Road (250m from intersection of Meeanee Road)

100

50

Brookfields Road (250m from intersection of Meeanee Road)

100

50

Marine Parade (Vautier St to Seaview Terrace) & removal of 40kh/m “Courtesy Zone”

50

30

Bus layby on Gloucester Street

50

20

Symons Lane

50

20

Gloucester Street

70

50

Willowbank Avenue

100

80

Speed Limits

Close up of a 50km sign on Marine Parade.

The setting of speed limits is controlled by legislation in the form of the Land Transport Rule:

Setting of Speed Limits 2003 and Amendments which establish procedures whereby road controlling authorities may set enforceable speed limits on roads within their jurisdictions. The objective of the speed limits policy is to balance the interests of mobility and safety by 

ensuring speed limits are safe, appropriate and credible for the level of roadside development and the category of road for which they are set, and that consistency with other roads in the network having similar characteristics is maintained.

Frequent changes in speed limits along a route are avoided and changes should only take place at or close to a point of significant change in the roadside development or road environment like a change in road geometry, a bridge or other feature that affects speed for instance roundabouts.Speed limits are only set after following a prescribed procedure to establish the correct speed limit for a specific road, consultation with the people and organizations affected by the speed limit, notifying the Director of Transport and the Commissioner of Police, making a bylaw in this regard and erecting the necessary speed limit signs.

Review of Speed Limits

A speed limit must be reviewed when there is a significant change in the nature, scale or intensity of land use adjacent to a road, or in the road itself, its use or environment, and also when the Director of Transport requests a review.

A speed limit may also be reviewed if Council decides to do so or when it receives a written request to that effect from a person, organization or road user group affected by that speed limit.

Calculating Speed Limits

Calculating a speed limit involves quite a comprehensive procedure and factors that are considered in determining a realistic speed limit include:

  • Roadside development (number of houses, shops, schools etc.)
  • The function of a road (arterial, collector or local)
  • Character of the surrounding land (rural, fringe of city, fully developed)
  • Carriageway characteristics (median divided, number of lanes, street lighting etc)
  • Existing speed limit
  • Vehicle, cycle and pedestrian activity
  • Crash data

Urban and Rural

Main categories are Urban speed limits and Rural speed limits.

Urban speed limits are applied in areas where land uses include residential, commercial, industrial, educational and recreational activities and the general speed limit here is 50km/h.

Rural speed limits are set in areas mainly outside towns and cities and land uses include agriculture, market gardening, forestry, reserves and small settlements, and the general speed limit here is 100 km/h.

Speed limits of 60km/h or 80 km/h are primarily intended as limits for arterial routes, but a 50, 70 or even 100 km/h speed limit may also be appropriate on arterial roads in some circumstances. An important factor is that geometric features and general appearance of a road and surrounding development should be consistent along the entire length of the arterial route speed limit.

Permanent/Temporary Speed Limits

Other types of speed limits include permanent speed limits for roads in designated locations, and temporary speed limits.

Permanent speed limits for roads in designated areas will apply for instance at any of the following locations:

  • Car park
  • Camping ground
  • Botanical garden
  • Airport
  • Wharf
  • Beach
  • Cemetery

Temporary Speed Limits

Temporary speed limits are set when there is a danger to the public or a person working on or near a road, or when it is necessary for the safety of a special event. Temporary speed limits are set by installing signs in accordance with a traffic management plan approved in writing by the road controlling authority.

State Highways

State Highways are not controlled by the Council as they fall within the jurisdiction of the New Zealand Transport Authority.

Reference: Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003

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