SPEED LIMIT REVIEW ON THE NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY

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23 November 2011

SPEED LIMIT REVIEW ON THE NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY

Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson today welcomed an announcement for the New England Highway to be included for review in the NSW Government’s audit of speed zones.

“The New England Highway was nominated for review by the local community,” Mr Anderson said.

Mr Anderson said, "The inclusion of this stretch of road in the Review is another example of how the new Government is listening to the concerns of local communities and taking commonsense measures to address their issues.

“The Safer Roads NSW website was launched in July as part of the audit and since then more than 2,600 people have had their say about speed limits and speed limit signs.

“The information provided by the community has helped the NSW Centre for Road Safety to prioritise road corridors to be reviewed.

“The top 100 roads for review have is available on the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) website.  The roads are a mix of rural and metropolitan locations.

“The audit aims to strike a balance between the right speed zone for the road conditions and not having an excessive number of speed changes.  The results of the speed zone reviews will help determine whether a change to the speed limit is needed.

“Reviews will be carried out in line with the NSW Speed Zoning Guidelines and will consider a number of factors including road environment, traffic characteristics and crash profiles.

“The reviews will be carried out by RMS and completed by the end of March 2012.

“Any feedback submitted to the Safer Roads NSW website by the community will be reviewed and considered as part of an ongoing program of speed zone reviews.  I encourage the community to keep visiting the website and sending in their comments.

“In addition, the Safer Roads NSW website now offers an email update service which people can sign up to and receive updates about upcoming permanent speed limit changes in their nominated area,” Mr Anderson said.

Feedback can be provided by going to www.rms.nsw.gov.au, clicking on the Roads tab and following the Safer Roads NSW website link.

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