24 Nov 2017

Our first 110kph roads

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 24 November 2017
110 kilometres per hour

110 kilometres per hour Photo: RNZ

In December two North Island roads will have 110 kilometres an hour speed limits.

The roads are the Tauranga Eastern Link and the Cambridge part of the Waikato Expressway.

The Transport Agency has just announced the move and says the roads chosen are the safest in New Zealand. But it is also leaving open the possibility of reducing speeds elsewhere.

We speak with Harry Wilson, the agency's Director of Safety and Environment.