We show our support for making travel safer by lowering speeds on dangerous regional roads.

This has been our focus since 2001 when we had support from Napier City Council and HB Regional Council, both committing to support our submissions by agreeing in the public records their resolutions to support our call for an 80km speed on the HB Expressway as part of dangerous driving mitigation for our residential community.

RNZ news announced that In support of this year's Road Safety Week theme of Save Lives, #SpeakUp, Julie Anne Genter told RNZ that the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is actively looking at reducing the speed limit on some roads to reduce fatalities.

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/genter-confident-nz-supports-more-appropriate-speed-limits/ar-AAAXot3
We at Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre are very pleased that associate Minister of transport Julie Anne Genter has now advocated for the same logic when today when she said quote;
“the public would support "more appropriate" speeds limits on certain New Zealand roads. - it's her job to speak up and deliver road safety outcomes that reduce or eliminate the number of lives lost - or seriously injured - in road crashes.”

We agree 100% with the Minister’s position as we ourselves drive between Napier and Bay of Plenty about twice each month and seldom do we see ‘careful driving to the conditions’ in accordance to the signs posted on the highway two which is always in very poor condition.

We have been passed by speeding trucks when doing 100kms on straight roads, and in one case we then sped up and clocked that truck going 110 kms per hour while heading for Gisborne.

We are not saying only trucks speed, but so do many cars and people movers, - ‘but lets be serious’ these narrow winding roads are not designed for those speeds and we support the police signs warning to “drive to the conditions.”

We have always advocated for rail passenger and freight services to be restored since the public became the owner once again of the rail system, so Government needs to be encouraged to take action to get rail going again in our provinces during their term of Government.

Ken Crispin.
Secretary.
Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre. (CEAC) 2001.

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