Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2017—Hamilton and Queenstown Lakes 30km/h Schools Variable Speed Limits

Pursuant to clause 5.2(1) of the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2017 and a delegation from Waka Kotahi, the NZ Transport Agency, I, Chris Rodley, Manager Policy, Operational Policy, Standards and Network, approve the variable speed limits in Hamilton City and the Queenstown Lakes District at the schools described in Schedule 1, in accordance with the conditions set out in this notice.

Conditions

1. Variable Speed Limit

Hamilton City Council and Queenstown Lakes District Council may set variable speed limits of 30km/h at the schools listed in Schedule 1, to manage the safety of all road users when there is pedestrian or cycle activity on the road outside the school. When the variable speed limit is operating, the speed limit must be displayed on variable speed limit signs.

2. Length of Variable Speed Limit

At the locations described in Schedule 1 the variable speed limit on the main road on which the school is located should be a minimum length of 300 metres and should not be longer than 500 metres. The length of the variable speed limit on side roads may be shorter than 300 metres.

3. Periods of Operation

The variable speed limit may operate for a maximum period of:

35 minutes before the start of school, until the start of school;
20 minutes at the end of school, beginning no earlier than five minutes before the end of school; and
10 minutes at any time when vehicles are entering or leaving the school grounds or there is pedestrian or cycle activity on the road outside the school.

4. 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:

At least one type R1-2.1 “Option B” speed limit variable sign above a W16-5.1 supplementary “School” sign is required at the beginning of the speed limit on the main road passing the school entrance and on major roads that intersect with the variable speed limit. When the variable speed limit is operating at 30km/h, the speed limit must be displayed on variable speed limit signs, and when the variable speed limit is not operating, the variable speed limit signs must be blank.
R1-6.1 “School zone fixed” signs may be installed on no exit or minor stop or give way controlled side roads adjoining the school zone.
R1-1 signs that comply with Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 must be installed at the end of the variable speed limit on every road that leaves the variable speed limit

The sign requirements for (a) and (b) above may be replaced by an approved trial of a 30km/h static variable school speed limit sign for the schools listed in Schedule 1.

5. Bylaw

Hamilton City Council and Queenstown lakes District Council must set the variable speed limit by making a bylaw in accordance with the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2017

Schedule 1

Road Controlling Authority	School	Variable Speed Limit	Road	School Static VSL Length
Hamilton City Council	Rhodes Street School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Rhodes Street from a point 20m east of Bainesse Road to a point 60m west of Whites Road	315m
	Rhodes Street School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Campbell Street from the intersection with Rhodes Street to a point 25m north of that intersection	25m
	Te Totara Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Hector Drive from 20m south of the intersection with Keerangi Place to a point 25m north of the intersection with Piwakawaka Court	300m
	Te Totara Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Raupo Place entire length of the road	25m
	Hamilton West School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Hammond Street from the Park Terrace intersection to a point 150m northeast of the Park Terrace intersection	150m
			Horne Street from a point 80m north of the Tidd Steet intersection to the intersection with Park Terrace	230m
			Park Terrace from the intersection with Horne Street to 30m south of the intersection with Horne Street	30m
Queenstown-Lakes District Council	Kingsview Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Yewlett Crescent from a point 15m south of the Stewart Street intersection to the intersection with Lake Avenue	130m
	Kingsview Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Lake Avenue from a point 40m north of the Yewlett Crescent intersection to a point 145m south of the Yewlett Crescent intersection	185m
	Remarkables Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Lake Avenue from a point 60m north of the Allan Crescent intersection to the end of Lake Avenue	290m
			McBride Street from a point 30m north of the Lake Avenue intersection to a point 95m south of the Lake Avenue intersection	115m
			Allan Crescent full length of the road	400m
	St Joseph’s Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Hallenstein Street from a point 20m southeast of the Ballarat Street intersection to a point 45m northwest of the Sydney Street intersection	235m
			Beetham Street from a point 30m northeast of the Stanley Street intersection to the Hallenstein Street intersection	170m
			Edgar Street from a point 20m north of the Hallenstein Street intersection to the Hallenstein Street intersection	15m
			Melbourne Street from a point 20m east of the Sydney Street intersection to the Beetham Street intersection	165m
	Shotover Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Jones Avenue from the Stalker Road intersection to a point 25m southeast of the Peppercorn Terrace intersection	270m
			Stalker Road from a point 10m south of the Jones Avenue intersection to a point 20m south of the Cheltenham Road intersection	215m
			Stone Wall Terrace from the Stalker Road intersection to a point 10m west of the Stalker Road intersection	10m
			Coventry Crescent from the Stalker Road intersection to a point 15m west of the Stalker Road intersection	15m
			Marston Road from the Stalker Road intersection to a point 20m west of the Stalker Road intersection	20m
			Myles Way from the Jones Avenue intersection to a point 15m south of the Jones Avenue intersection	15m
			Risinghurst Terrace from the Jones Avenue intersection to a point 10m south of the Jones Avenue intersection	10m
	Wakatipu High School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Red Oaks Drive from a point 55m South of the Hawthorne Drive intersection to a point 65m north of the Pin Oak Avenue intersection.	245m
	Wakatipu High School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Golden Elm Lane from the Red Oaks Drive intersection to a point 30m east of the Red Oaks Dive intersection.	30m
	Wanaka Primary School	30km/h (permanent speed limit 40km/h)	Kings Drive from a point 40m north of the Hogan Lane intersection to a point 75m south of the Mcleod Avenue intersection	395m
			Totara Terrace from a point 105m south of the Beech Street intersection to a point 45m northeast of the Matai Road intersection.	335m
			McLeod Avenue from the Kings Drive intersection to a point 25m east of the Kings Drive intersection.	25m

Signed at Auckland this 13th day of January 2022.

CHRIS RODLEY, Manager Policy, Operational Policy, Standards and Network, Waka Kotahi.