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Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2017—110km/h Speed Limits—State Highway 1, Waikato Expressway and State Highway 2, Tauranga Eastern Link

Pursuant to clauses 4.6(4) and 4.6(5) of Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2017 and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Harry Waterhouse Wilson, Director Safety and Environment, approve the setting of the speed limit described in clauses 1 and 2 under the conditions set out in clauses 3 and 4 of this notice.

Approval of 110km/h speed limit

1. 110km/h speed limit

The NZ Transport Agency, System Design and Delivery Group (as the road controlling authority), may set a speed limit of 110km/h on the sections of State highway specified in clause 2 of this notice.

2. Sections of State highway

A 110km/h speed limit may be set for the following sections of State highway:

  1. The southbound section of State Highway 1, known as the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway, from 1.1km south of the State Highway 21 (Airport Road) overbridge to 850m north of the Tirau Road overbridge, including a maximum length of 100m of on-ramps and off-ramps connected to this section of State highway;
  2. The northbound section of State Highway 1, known as the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway, from 100m south of the Tirau Road overbridge to 1.1km south of the State Highway 21 (Airport Road) overbridge, including a maximum length of 100m of on-ramps and off-ramps connected to this section of State highway;
  3. The southbound section of State Highway 2, Tauranga Eastern Link, from 100m south of the northbound off-ramp overbridge at the Domain Road Interchange to 550m north of the roundabout at the intersection of State Highway 2, State Highway 33 and Te Puke Highway, including a 100m length of the southbound on-ramp at the Domain Road interchange; and
  4. The northbound section of State Highway 2, Tauranga Eastern Link, from 160m north of the roundabout at the intersection of State Highway 2, State Highway 33 and Te Puke Highway to 650m south of the northbound off-ramp overbridge at the Domain Road Interchange.

Conditions of approval

3. Signs

In addition to any traffic control devices required under any other enactment, traffic signs that comply with Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 must be installed to identify a length of road subject to a 110km/h speed limit and where the road returns to a lower speed limit as follows:

  1. Two “110km/h” (R1-1.2), “Motorway begins threshold” (R1-5.4) or “Motorway or expressway threshold” (R1-5.6) signs, one on each side of the road, at the beginning of the section of road to which the 110km/h speed limit applies, facing road users travelling towards the 110km/h speed limit; and
  2. at least one repeater “110km/h” (R1-1.2) or “Motorway or expressway threshold” (R1-5.6) sign installed with a spacing of no more than 3.7km between speed limit sign locations, for each section of road to which a 110km/h speed limit applies; and
  3. two “Standard” (R1-1), “100km/h” (R1-1.1), “Rural Threshold” (R1-5.2), “Motorway ends threshold” (R1-5.3) or “Motorway or expressway threshold” (R1-5.6) signs, one on each side of the road, at the end of a section of road to which a 110km/h speed limit applies, facing road users leaving the 110km/h speed limit and showing the speed limit that applies to the road beyond that point; and
  4. advance warning “Speed limit ahead” (W10-3) signs located no more than 300m before the end of the 110km/h speed limit; and
  5. additional “Standard” (R1-1) or “100km/h” (R1-1.1) signs located no more than 500m after the end of the 110km/h speed limit, if necessary to reinforce the lower speed limit.

4. Monitoring and management

The NZ Transport Agency, System Design and Delivery Group, must monitor and manage the sections of road to which a 110km/h speed limit applies and sections of road where the speed limit reduces to a lower limit to support compliance with the speed limits and ensure safe operation of the road.

Setting the speed limit

5. Bylaw

In accordance with Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2017, the NZ Transport Agency, System Design and Delivery Group, must set the 110km/h speed limits by making a bylaw.

Signed at Wellington this 20th day of November 2017.

HARRY WATERHOUSE WILSON, Director Safety and Environment, NZ Transport Agency.