Pursuant to clause 6.1 of the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003 and clause 4.4(4) of the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 and delegations from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, approve a rural intersection active warning system variable speed limit on State Highway 1 at the intersection with Moeraki Boulders Road at Moeraki, to manage the safety of traffic when vehicles are turning at the intersection, in accordance with the conditions set out in this notice.

Conditions

1. Variable Speed Limit

The NZ Transport Agency (Highways and Network Operations Group) may set a variable speed limit that is:

1. 70km/h, if the permanent speed limit on State Highway 1 at the intersection with Moeraki Boulders Road is 100km/h; or
2. 60km/h if the permanent speed limit on State Highway 1 at the intersection with Moeraki Boulders Road is 80km/h.

2. Operation of the Variable Speed Limit

The variable speed limit, which must be displayed on variable speed limit signs, may operate when a vehicle is detected approaching the intersection on Moeraki Boulders Road or turning right on State Highway 1 and may continue to operate until those vehicles have cleared the intersection. When the variable speed limit is not operating, the variable speed limit signs must either display the permanent speed limit or be blank.

3. Signs

Speed limit signs that comply with the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 must be installed to identify the section of road subject to the variable speed limit as follows:

1. At least one R1-2.1, Option B “Variable speed” sign, capable of displaying both “60” and “70”, installed above a W15-1 (railway crossing on controlled side road) warning sign, at the beginning of the variable speed limit on State Highway 1, facing road users on each approach to the intersection with Moeraki Boulders Road; and
2. R1-1 “Standard”, R1-1.1 “100km/h” or R1-3 “Derestriction” signs at the end of the variable speed limit, facing road users on each road that leaves the intersection, to indicate the permanent speed limit that applies beyond that point.

4. Length of Variable Speed Limit

The variable speed limit on State Highway 1 must be a minimum length of 300m, but must not be longer than 500m.

5. Bylaw

The NZ Transport Agency (Highways and Network Operations Group) must set the variable speed limit by making a bylaw in accordance with the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003.

Signed at Wellington this 20th day of February 2017.

GLENN BUNTING, Network Manager.