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Palmerston North City Council
Speed Limits Bylaw Review 2013
Statement of Proposal
Introduction
This Statement of Proposal relates to the review of the Palmerston North Speed Limits
Bylaw. The Council is required to review its bylaws within five years of adoption and every
ten years after that. This review constitutes the first review since the Speed Limits Bylaw
was adopted in 2007.
This document outlines the changes the Council is proposing to the Speed Limits Bylaw, the
reasons for those proposals and an analysis of the reasonably practicable options. This
Statement of Proposal includes a copy of the Bylaw that the Council is proposing to adopt.
The Proposal
The proposed Speed Limits Bylaw is based partly on the existing Speeds Limits Bylaw 2007
and partly on changes to that bylaw that fall into five parts:
1. Expansion of the Palmerston North Urban Traffic Area.
2. Creation of new Urban Traffic Areas for Bunnythorpe and Longburn.
3. Changes to speed limits for specific roads.
4. The creation of a City centre 30 km/h zone.
5. Establishing variable speed limits for schools in Palmerston North.
1. Expansion of the Palmerston North Urban Traffic Area
The Council is proposing to extend the Palmerston North Urban Traffic Area, primarily to the
east and west of the City, to take account of future urban growth areas. Schedule 1 of the
draft Speed Limits Bylaw shows the proposed changes.
2. Creation of new Urban Traffic Areas for Bunnythorpe and Longburn
Following the completion of the boundary change on 1 July 2012, the Council has new urban
areas in Bunnythorpe and Longburn. Bunnythorpe was covered by an Urban Traffic Area
under the Manawatu District Council Speed Limits Bylaw and the proposal here is to retain
the same designation. The proposal is to create a similar Urban Traffic Area for Longburn,
lowering the speed of the roads within the township from 70 km/h to 50 km/h. Schedule 1 of
the draft Speed Limits Bylaw shows the proposed changes.
3. Changes to speed limits for specific roads
The roads on which the speed limit is proposed to be changed, together with the current and
proposed speed limits, are as described below. Schedule 1 of the draft Speed Limits Bylaw
shows the proposed changes.
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Road
Current
Speed Limit
Akers Road (from 260 metres south of Beaconsfield Road 100 km/h
to 40 metres north of the North Island main trunk railway
line)
Kelvin Grove Road (from James Line to Henaghans Line)
100 km/h
Summerhill Drive (from Cliff Road to Turitea Road)
70 km/h
Reserve Road (from SH56 to boundary line)
70 km/h
Rongotea Road (from SH56 for 700m heading north)
100 km/h
Walkers Road (from SH56)
100 km/h
Milson Line (from Flygers Line to a point 300m south of 100 km/h
Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road)
Railway Road (from the overbridge to a point 250m north- 100 km/h
east of Setters Line
Stoney Creek Road (from SH3 to 80 metres north of the 100 km/h
railway line)
Stoney Creek Road (from Kelvin Grove Road to 220m north 100 km/h
of Briarwood Road), including Briarwood Road.
Tutaki Road (from Kelvin Grove Road to 100m north of 100 km/h
Tutakarae Road)
Tennent Drive (from Mogine Road to 100m south of 100 km/h
Prendergast Road
Turitea Road (from Old West Road) including Harts Road, 100 km/h
Ngahere Park Road, Oram Drive, Kereru Drive, and
Guyland Drive)
Kahuterawa Road (from Old West Road) including 100 km/h
Lacebark Drive
Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road (for 500m east of Rongotea 100 km/h
Road)
Rongotea Road (for 500m south of Kairanga-Bunnythorpe 100 km/h
Road)
Proposed
Speed Limit
70 km/h
80 km/h
60 km/h
50 km/h
80 km/h
70 km/h
80 km/h
50 km/h
70 km/h
80 km/h
80 km/h
70 km/h
80 km/h
80 m/h
70 km/h
70 km/h
Note that Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road and Rongotea Road at Kairanga speed limits will
require complementary changes to speed limits by Manawatu District Council for the portion
of these roads under their control.
4. 30 km/h speed limits for the City centre
The Council is proposing to lower the speed limit to 30 km/h on City centre streets that are
within the Ring Road and are identified as ‘pedestrian streets’ in Plan Change One; namely
all or part of: Andrew Young Street, Ashley Street, Broadway Avenue, Coleman Place, Cross
Street, Cuba Street, Church Street, Donnington Street, Fitzherbert Avenue, George Street,
King Street, Linton Street Main Street, Rangitikei Street and The Square. Schedules 1 and 2
of the draft Speed Limits Bylaw show the proposed changes.
5. 40 km/h variable speed limits for schools
The Council is proposing to establish variable speed limits of 40 km/h on roads adjoining
primary, intermediate and secondary schools in Palmerston North. The variable speed limits
will only apply at the times when children usually travel to or from school.
Variable limits only apply those roads which have pedestrian and/or vehicular access to the
school and will apply for up to 150 metres on either side of those access ways. Streets will
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require signs notifying of the variable limit, including electronic signs on the main streets and
will be enforceable by New Zealand Police.
The 40 km/h variable speed limit will not apply to preschools, kindergartens or other early
childhood education facilities, nor will it apply to roads where the Palmerston North City
Council is not the road controlling authority.
Rural schools, being Kairanga School, Longburn Adventist College, Linton Contributing
School and Whakarongo School are proposed for variable speed limits.
Aokautere School, Queen Elizabeth College and Turitea School are located on State
Highways and are beyond Council’s jurisdiction for setting of speed limits. Roads around
Linton Camp School are controlled by NZ Defence Force.
The 40km/h variable speed limits will only apply to those roads which have direct pedestrian
access to the school for up to 150 metres on either side of those access ways.
The 40 km/h variable speed limit will not apply to preschools, kindergartens or other early
childhood education facilities, nor to roads where the Palmerston North City Council is not
the road controlling authority.
Four rural schools, being Kairanga School, Longburn Adventist College, Linton Contributing
School and Whakarongo School are proposed for 40 km/h variable speed limits.
Aokautere School, Queen Elizabeth College and Turitea School are located on State
Highways and are beyond Council’s jurisdiction for setting of speed limits.
Schedules 1 and 3 of the draft Speed Limits Bylaw show the proposed changes.
Commencement of speed limits
It is proposed that parts 1, 2 and 3 will commence on 1 December 2013.
It is proposed that parts 4 and 5 will commence on 1 December 2014.
A staged implementation is necessary to allow time for implementation of traffic-calming
measures as required for slower speed zones.
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Reason for the Proposal
The proposed changes to the Speed Limits Bylaw are a result of the requirement that the
Council is required to review its bylaws within five years of adoption and then every ten
years after that. The Speed Limits Bylaw was adopted in 2007. This review constitutes its
first review under the Local Government Act 2002.
Part 1: The reason is that as the city grows and new subdivisions are created, streets will be
built to service those areas. By extending the urban traffic area to cover these areas where
the Council is anticipating urban growth, it can ensure that those roads are automatically
designated with the urban traffic speed limit (50 km/h).
Part 2: The reason for creating an urban traffic area in Bunnythorpe is that an urban traffic
area already exists in Bunnythorpe, created by Manawatu District Council prior to the
boundary change. The proposal is to include this same urban traffic area in the Palmerston
North Speed Limits Bylaw. No changes to the present speed limits in the Bunnythorpe
urban area are proposed.
The reason for creating an urban traffic area in Longburn is to lower speed limits for the
urban area (from 70 km/h to 50 km/h).
Both Longburn and Bunnythorpe are comparable to Ashhurst which already has an urban
traffic area. By creating urban traffic areas any future roads in the urban area will
automatically have a 50 km/h speed limit (unless otherwise specified through a change to
the Bylaw at that time).
Part 3: The reason is that conditions of each road have been reassessed in accordance with
the Speed Limits New Zealand (Schedule 1, Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits
2003), and the speed calculated using that assessment is deemed to be safer than the
current speed limit for these particular roads.
Part 4: The reason is to reinforce the need for slower speeds in built-up environments where
pedestrians and cyclists may be at risk of injury. Many parts of the city centre are already
designed for slower traffic speeds.
Part 5: The reason is to provide a safer environment for children who may be walking to and
from school. Children are at greater risk of injury when hit by a vehicle and the seriousness
of the injury is greater when the vehicle is travelling at a faster speed.
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Analysis of options
PARTS 1 to 5
Benefits
Review the Speed Limits
Bylaw
The Council will be complying
with its legislative obligations
by undertaking the review of
the Speed Limits Bylaw
Do not review the Speed
Limits Bylaw
Retain existing speed
limits following review of
the Speed Limits Bylaw
PART 1
Expand the Palmerston
North Urban Traffic Area
to the East and West
No specific benefits
For many parts of the City,
existing speed limits have
worked relatively well. In these
areas, there have been few
major traffic issues and there
are no obvious reasons
indicating that alternative
speed limits would be more
appropriate.
Benefits
To ensure that an urban speed
limit of 50 km/h is applied
automatically to new urban
developments in the areas
where Council expects urban
growth.
Do not expand the
Palmerston North Urban
Traffic Area
No specific advantages
PART 2
Benefits
Create Urban Traffic
Areas in Longburn and
Bunnythorpe
To continue the same Urban
Traffic Area that existed before
the boundary change between
the Palmerston North and
Manawatu districts.
To ensure that any new urban
development in those areas will
have an automatic 50 km/h
speed limit applied.
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Disadvantages
No specific disadvantages
The Speed Limits Bylaw will
be automatically revoked on
3 October 2014 if it is not
reviewed and replaced
before that date.
In some parts of the City,
such as in the City centre, in
the vicinity of schools, and in
areas where urban
expansion is taking place
some speed-related issues
are becoming apparent.
These could be more
appropriately addressed by
introducing different speed
limits or speed zones, as
mentioned in the analysis of
further options below.
Disadvantages
No specific disadvantages
Any new streets in these
areas will require a speed
limit to be set by separately
amending the Speed Limits
Bylaw.
Disadvantages
No specific disadvantages
Any new streets in these
areas will require a speed
limit to be set by separately
amending the Speed Limits
Bylaw.
Do not create Urban
Traffic Areas in
Longburn and
Bunnythorpe
No specific advantages
PART 3
Benefits
Disadvantages
The lower speed limits will
make the identified roads safer
for vehicles, road users and
pedestrians, in accordance with
the Speed Limits Setting Rule.
A slower speed may affect
the efficiency of the transport
network for motor vehicle
movements.
Change the speed limits
for roads as identified
The status quo will remain
for each of the identified
roads, potentially creating
less safe environments for
road users and pedestrians
in those areas.
Do not make changes to
the speed limits for
identified roads
No specific advantages
PART 4
Benefits
Disadvantages
There are parts of the city
centre within the inner Ring
Road (being Grey Street,
Walding Street, Bourke Street,
Pitt Street, Ferguson Street,
and Princess Street) where the
operating speed is significantly
lower than 50kh/m. A lower
speed limit will reinforce the
slower speeds in the City
centre environment.
Some streets will require
modification to support lower
speeds. Preliminary
engineering assessment
identified a need for
threshold treatments at entry
points to the city centre and
additional street traffic
calming measures. An
implementation budget
would be developed as part
of the 2014/15 Annual Plan.
A 30 km/h zone is likely to
reduce risk of serious injury in
the event of a crash, and focus
the city centre on active
transport modes (such as
walking and cycling) in line with
Council’s strategic direction.
Slower speeds within the
Ring Road may increase
journey times for some
drivers. However, the
difference in journey times is
likely to be minimal.
A 30 km/h zone may
encourage drivers to use the
Ring Road when travelling
across town, rather than driving
through the city centre. This
could help to reinforce the city
centre as a destination rather a
traffic corridor, and may help
ease congestion within the city
centre.
Slower speeds within the
Ring Road may encourage
drivers to use the inner Ring
Road and roads outside the
city centre to transit across
the City. This may increase
congestion.
Create a City centre
zone within the Ring
Road where the speed
limit is 30 km/h for roads
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Create a City centre
zone within the Ring
Road where the speed
limit is 40 km/h for roads
A 40 km/h speed limit for roads
within the Ring Road has
similar benefits as for the 30
km/h speed limit option
discussed above. Risks of
serious injury to pedestrians
and cyclists are marginally, but
not substantially, higher under
this option.
There are no significant
disadvantages as the
average operating speed in
the city centre is close to 40
km/h.
A 40 km/h speed limit within
the Ring Road is more likely to
match current operating speed,
and would therefore require
less infrastructural change to
lower operating speeds to the
desired speed limit, meaning
less cost for changes to the
road environment.
There may be some costs to
altering the road
environment to support a
speed limit of 40 km/h.
However, as the operating
speeds are already close to
40 km/h, these costs would
likely be less than if the
speed were lowered to 30
km/h.
Leaving the speeds in the
City centre unchanged would
likely have no impact on the
risks caused by vehicles
travelling at 50 km/h within
the Ring Road.
Do not lower the speed
limits within the Ring
Road
The status quo would mean
that any costs of altering the
road environment to support a
lower speed limit would be
avoided.
PART 5
Benefits
Disadvantages
Variable speeds allow for
slower speeds around schools
at specified times, where those
lower speeds are likely to have
the greatest benefit. Using a
variable speed (as opposed to
a permanent lower speed)
allows for efficient movement of
vehicles at other times.
While a variable speed limit
is in effect, the efficiency of
the transport network for
vehicle movements may be
affected.
Create variable speed
limits for identified
schools in Palmerston
North
Do not create variable
speed limits for
identified schools in
Palmerston North
Lower speed limits to 30
km/h for all roads within
150 metres of urban
school accesses in
Palmerston North urban
area.
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The status quo will remain and
the cost of installing the
additional signage or altering
the road environment will be
avoided.
Benefits of this approach are
likely to be reduced risk of
serious injury in the event of a
crash, a lower cost for signage
than active warning signs for
variable speed limits, and
greater certainty for road users
and pedestrians.
Variable speed limits require
additional signage, including
active warning signs for
some sites, which will incur a
financial cost.
Vehicles will continue to
drive past schools at the
ordinary speed for the road,
potentially creating unsafe
environments for pedestrians
in those areas.
Disadvantages are likely to
be a disproportionate impact
on the roading network from
the reduced speed limit,
costs from additional signage
to mark the 30 km/h zone,
and costs to alter the road
environment to support a
lower speed limit.
Preliminary cost estimates
for imposition of school
speed zones have expected
costs per school in a cost
range of $10,000 and
$35,000 per school
depending on the type of
treatment, road width and
number of locations being
treated.
Some school accesses are
on major roads that have an
important through traffic
function. Some change in
traffic patterns around the
city can be expected as
drivers change routes to
avoid school zones, either
because the zones are
speed restricted or have
traffic calming in place.
Section 155 Determinations
When making a bylaw under the Local Government Act 2002 the Council must comply with
the matters in section 155 of that Act. This section requires that the Council must determine
whether a bylaw is the most appropriate way of addressing the perceived problem. The
Council must then determine whether the bylaw is in the most appropriate form and that it
does not give rise to any implications under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
In order for the Council to determine whether the draft Bylaw is the best way of addressing
the perceived problem, the Council considered the options for addressing the perceived
problems. The Council’s Community Wellbeing Committee received reports that outlined the
identified problem and the options.
The identified problem is principally the requirement to set speed limits for roads under the
control of the Council. The Council considered two options for addressing the setting of
speed limits – adopt a bylaw, or do not adopt a bylaw. This is, however, largely a formality.
The only means by which speed limits can be legally set is via a bylaw. In the absence of a
bylaw the Council will have no means to set speed limits. Further, the Council is obliged
under rule 7.2(1) of the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits to set speed limits by
making a bylaw. Therefore, the Council determined that a bylaw is the most appropriate way
of addressing the perceived problem of setting speed limits.
The Council resolved on 24 October 2012 that a bylaw is the most appropriate way of setting
speed limits in Palmerston North. On 22 April 2013, 6 May and 5 June, the Community WellBeing Committee received reports on the Speed Limits Bylaw.
On 17 June 2013, the Community Well-Being Committee received a report with drafts of this
Statement of Proposal and the Summary of Information. The report recommended to the
Committee that the Bylaw as presented in the Statement of Proposal was the most
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appropriate form of bylaw, and did not give rise to any implications under the New Zealand
Bill of Rights Act 1990.
Consultation process
Anyone can make a submission about the proposals described in this document.
welcome your feedback and encourage you to tell us your point of view.
We
This Statement of Proposal, a Summary of Information, and the submission form can be
found at:

Palmerston North City Council website
http://www.pncc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/CouncilActivities/PublicConsultation/
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Customer Service Centre, Palmerston North City Council, The Square Palmerston North;
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City Library, The Square Palmerston North, and the libraries at Ashhurst, Awapuni,
Roslyn, Linton and Highbury; and
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Ashhurst Services Delivery Centre, 122 Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst.
You can appear before the Council and speak to your submission. Please indicate on your
submission form whether you wish to do this. The Council intends to hear submissions on
this proposal at the Community Well-Being Committee meeting scheduled for 14 August
2013. The date and time for hearings will be confirmed in the letter acknowledging your
submission, and will be advertised in the Tribune newspaper. To get your submission to us:
Mail to:
Speed Limits Bylaw Review Submissions, Governance and Support Team
Leader, Palmerston North City Council, Private Bag 11034, Palmerston North
4442
Deliver to:
Palmerston North City Council Customer Service Centre, 32 The Square,
Palmerston North
Email to:
submission@pncc.govt.nz (please
Submissions in the subject)
Phone:
06 356 8199
put
Speed
Limits
Bylaw
Review
Fax to: 06 355 4115
The submission period runs from 24 June 2013
until 4pm on Thursday, 25 July 2013.
Please note that all written submissions, including the contact details on the submission, will
be made available to the pblic and media and on the Council’s website, unless you
specifically request that your contact details are kept private. For further information on this
consultation please phone the Council on 06 356 8199 or email us at info@pncc.govt.nz.
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PALMERSTON NORTH SPEED LIMITS BYLAW 2013
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PALMERSTON NORTH SPEED LIMITS BYLAW 2013
In exercise of the powers vested in it by the Local Government Act 2002, the Land Transport
Act 1998, the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004, and the Land Transport Rule: Setting
of Speed Limits 2003 together with every other Act or authority conferred on it, the
Palmerston North City Council makes this Bylaw:
1.
TITLE
1.1
The title of this Bylaw is the ‘PALMERSTON NORTH SPEED LIMITS BYLAW 2013’.
2.
PURPOSE
2.1.
The purpose of this Bylaw is to set speed limits on any road within the jurisdiction of
the Palmerston North City Council other than State Highways controlled by Transit
New Zealand.
3.
COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION
3.1.
This bylaw comes into force on 1 December 2013.
3.2.
This Bylaw applies to all of Palmerston North City including areas formerly within the
boundaries of Manawatu District that are now under the jurisdiction of Palmerston
North City pursuant to the Local Government (Manawatu District and Palmerston
North City) Boundary Alteration Order 2012. The order came into force on 1 July
2012 and the areas it applies to are shown on maps deposited with the Local
Government Commission.
3.3.
The speed limits specified on Map 1 of Schedule 1 come into effect on 1 December
2013 and remain in effect up to and including 30 November 2014.
3.4.
The speed limits specified on Map 1A of Schedule 1 come into effect on 1 December
2013.
3.5.
The speed limits specified on Maps 2, 2A and 2B of Schedule 1, and in Schedules 2
and 3, come into effect on 1 December 2014. These include the City centre 30 km/h
zone on roads listed in Schedule 2 and the variable speed limits for schools listed in
Schedule 3.
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4.
4.1.
REPEAL
This Bylaw repeals the Palmerston North Speed Limits Bylaw 2007 and the
provisions of the Manawatu District Council Bylaws (as it applies to Palmerston
North) relating to the setting of speed limits, on the date this Bylaw comes into force.
5.
5.1.
DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw:
6.
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Council
means the Palmerston North City Council
Road
(a) includes:
(i) a street; and
(ii) a motorway; and
(iii) a beach; and
(iv) a place to which the public have access,
whether as of right or not; and
(v) all bridges, culverts, ferries and fords forming
part of a road or street or motorway, or a place
referred to in (iv); and
(vi) all sites at which vehicles may be weighed for
the purposes of the Land Transport Act 1998 or any
other enactment; and
(b) includes a section of a road.
Road Controlling
Authority
in relation to a road:
(a) means the authority, body or person having control
of the road; and
(b) includes a person acting under and within the terms
of a delegation or authorisation given by the
controlling authority.
Speed Limit
means:
(a) the maximum speed at which a vehicle may legally
be operated on a particular road, but does not
mean the maximum permitted operating speed for
classes or types of vehicle specified in any Act,
regulation or rule;
(b) for a minimum speed limit, the minimum speed at
which a vehicle may legally be operated in a
specified lane of a road;
(c) an urban, rural, permanent, holiday, temporary,
variable or minimum speed limit has the same
meaning as in Land Transport Rule: Setting of
Speed Limits 2003.
Urban Traffic Area
means an area designated under the Land Transport
Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003 that consists of one
or more specified roads or a specified geographical
area, to which the urban speed limit generally applies.
SPEED LIMITS
6.1.
The roads or areas described in the attached schedules or as shown on a map
referenced in the schedules are declared to have the speed limits specified in the
schedules and maps, which are part of this Bylaw.
6.2.
The areas bounded by the green dotted lines on the maps in Schedule 1 are the
urban traffic areas in Palmerston North. All roads within the urban traffic areas are
deemed to have a speed limit of 50 km/h unless otherwise specified in the schedules
to this Bylaw.
6.3.
Clauses 6.1 and 6.2 are subject to Clause 3 of this Bylaw.
7.
LIST OF SCHEDULES AND MAPS
Schedule 1:
Palmerston North Speed Limits Maps showing:
Roads with a speed limit of 100 km/h
Roads with a speed limit of 80 km/h
Roads with a speed limit of 70 km/h
Roads with an urban traffic area speed limit of 50 km/h
Roads with a speed limit of 30 km/h
Roads with a speed limit of 10km/h
Map 1
Map 1A
Speed Limits Bylaw with effect from 1st December 2013
Speed Limits Bylaw with effect from 1st December 2013
- Longburn, Ashhurst, Bunnythorpe, Kairanga
Map 2
Map 2A
Speed Limits Bylaw with effect from 1st December 2014
Speed Limits Bylaw with effect from 1st December 2014
- City centre
Speed Limits Bylaw with effect from 1st December 2014
- Schools with a variable speed restriction
Maps 2B
Schedule 2:
City centre 30 km/h speed zones
Schedule 3:
Schools with a variable speed limit
Roads with variable speed limits
Explanatory Note
1.
Offences, penalties, fines and fees relating to infringement of speed limits are
provided for in the relevant provisions of the Land Transport Act 1998, the Land
Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 and the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties)
Regulation 1999.
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Schedule 2 Palmerston North City Council Speed Limits Bylaw 2013: Roads within the City centre with a speed limit of 30 km/h
The roads or areas described in this Schedule and shown on Map 2A in Schedule 1 are declared to have a speed limit of 30 km/h from 1
December 2014.
Speed Limit
30 km/h
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Road Name
Description
Cuba Street
Andrew Young Street
George Street
Coleman Place
Rangitikei Street
King Street
Broadway Avenue
The Square
Main Street
Main Street
Church Street
Linton Street
Fitzherbert Avenue
Jersey Lane
Ashley Street
Cross Street
Donnington Street
From Bourke Street to Rangitikei Street
In its entirety
In its entirety
In its entirety
From Grey Street to The Square
In its entirety
From Princess Street to The Square
In its entirety
From The Square to Princess Street
From The Square to Pitt Street
From Pitt Street to Princess Street
From Church Street to Ferguson Street
From The Square to Ferguson Street
In its entirety
In its entirety
In its entirety
In its entirety
Schedule 3 Palmerston North City Council Speed Limits Bylaw 2013: Schools with a variable speed limit
Ashhurst School – 2
Awapuni School – 3
Awatapu College – 4
Bunnythorpe School – 5
Carncot School –6
Central Normal School – 7
Cloverlea School – 8
College St School – 9
Cornerstone Christian School – 10
Freyburg High School – 11
Hokowhitu School – 12
Kairanga School – 13
Linton Contributing School - 14
Longburn Adventist College – 15
Lngburn School - 16
Mana Tamariki School – 17
Milson School – 18
Monrad Intermediate School – 19
Our Lady of Lourdes School – 20
Parkland School – 21
Palmerston North Boys High School – 22
Palmerston North Girls High School – 23
Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School – 24
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Riverdale School – 25
Roslyn School – 26
Ross Intermediate School – 27
Russell St School – 28
Palmerston North Adventist Christian School – 29
Somerset Crescent School – 30
St James School –31
St Mary’s School – 32
St Peter’s College – 33
Takaro School – 34
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Manawatu – 35
Terrace End School – 36
West End School – 37
Westmount Exclusive Brethren School – 38
Whakarongo School - 39
Winchester School – 40
Schedule 3 Palmerston North City Council Speed Limits Bylaw 2013: Roads with variable speed limits
The variable speed limits will only apply at the times when children usually travel to or from school. The roads or areas described in this
Schedule and shown on Maps 2 and 2B of Schedule 1 are declared to have a variable speed limit as specified in this Schedule from 1
December 2014.
The legal instrument is the Palmerston North Speed Limits Bylaw 2013 and NZ Gazette of 21 April 2011, No 55 P.1284 Approval by the NZTA
for 40 km/h variable speed limits in a school zone
40/50 km/h VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT
Road Name
Description
Cambridge Avenue
Ashhurst School
Cambridge Ave, from a point 20 metres north of Oxford Street to a point 10 metres north
of Petes Way.
Awapuni School
Rochester Street, from a point 10 metres north of College Street to a point 10 metres
south of Rugby Street
Bunnythorpe School
Baring Street, from a point 10 metres north of Dutton Street to a point 10 metres south of
Dixons Line
Carncott School
Broadway Avenue. from a point 60 metres west of Albert Street to a point 20 metres
west of Vivian Street.
Central Normal School
Featherston Street from a point 10 metres east of Bourke Street to a point 10 metres west
of Taonui Street;
Aroha Street, from a point 30 metres north of Beresford Street to the intersection with
Featherston Street;
Beresford Street, from a point 200 metres east of Aroha Street to the street’s western
termination point.
Rochester Street
Baring Street
Broadway Avenue
Featherston Street, Aroha Street, Beresford Street
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Herbert Avenue, Benmore Street
College Street
Roberts Line, Mihaere Drive, Fernlea Avenue.
Albert Street
Carey Street
Grey Street
Langley Avenue, Abraham Crescent.
Botanical Road, Brighton Crescent and Highbury
Avenue.
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Cloverlea School
Herbert Avenue, from a point 10 metres east of Leslie Avenue to a point 20 metres west
of Willowstream Grove.
Benmore Street, from a point 10 metres east of Leslie Avenue to a point 100 metres west
of Bendigo Street.
College Street School
College Street, from a point 20 metres east of Morris Street to a point 10 metres east of
Union Street.
Cornerstone Christian School
Roberts Line, from a point 40 metres south of Mihaere Drive to a point 80 metres north
of Daniel Place.
Mihaere Drive, from a point 230 metres west of Roberts Line to the intersection with
Roberts Line.
Fernlea Avenue, from a point 40 metres west of Roberts Line to the intersection with
Roberts Line.
Hokowhitu School
Albert Street, from a point 40 metres north of Churchill Avenue to a point 110 metres
south of Jensen Street.
Longburn School
Carey Street, in its entirety.
Mana Tamariki School
Grey Street, from appoint 10 metres east of Amesbury Street to a point 10 metres west of
Sydney Street
Milson School
Langley Avenue, from a point 100 metres north of Fairs Road to a point 20 metres south
of Kaituna Street.
Abraham Crescent, from its intersection with Langley Avenue at its southern connection
to a point 270 metres south of the intersection with Langley Avenue at its northern
connection.
Monrad Intermediate and Takaro School
Botanical Road, from a point 50 metres north of Pioneer Highway to a point 50 metres
north of Brighton Crescent;
Shamrock Street, Pioneer Highway.
Parkland Crescent
Ferguson Street
Featherston Street
Park Road
College Street
Slacks Road
Shelley Street, Milton Street
Featherston Street, Freyberg Street
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Brighton Crescent, in its entirety;
Highbury Avenue, from a point 30 metres north of Brighton Crescent to the intersection
with Botanical Road.
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Shamrock Street, from its intersection with Pioneer Highway to a point 60 metres south
of Rewa Street.
Pioneer Highway, from a point 70 metres east of Botanical Road to a point 70 metres
east of Shamrock Street.
Parkland School
Parkland Crescent, from a point 90- metres south of Manson Street to a point 110 metres
east of Brightwater Terrace.
Palmerston North Adventist Christian School
Ferguson Street, from a point 5 metres east of South Street to a point 20 metres east of
McGiffert Street.
Palmerston North Boys High School
Featherston Street, from a point 20 metres west of Pirie Street to a point 55 metres east
of Rangitikei Street.
Palmerston North Girls High School
Park Road, from a point 40 Metres east of Batt Street to a point 90 metres east of Linton
Street
Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School
College Street, from a point 40 metres west of South Street to a point 80 metres east of
Linton Street.
Riverdale School
Slacks Road, from a point 30 metres east of McDonald Place to a point 20 metres east of
Hampden Street.
Roslyn School
Shelley Street, from its intersection with Milton Street to a point 30 metres south of
Tremaine Avenue.
Milton Street, from its intersection with Shelley Street to a point 10 metres east of
Browning Place.
Ross Intermediate and Freyberg High School
Russell Street
Somerset Crescent, Lancaster Street.
Albert Street
Ruahine Street
Rennie Avenue, Holdsworth Avenue.
Peter Hall Drive, Rhodes Drive.
Ruahine Street
Botanical Road
College Street
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Featherston Street from a point 40 metres west of Rangiora Ave to a point 160 metres
east of Freyberg Street.
Freyberg Street, in its entirety.
Russell Street School
Russell Street, from a point 40 metres south of Tremaine Avenue to a point 60 metres
south of Rongopai Street.
Somerset Crescent School
Somerset Crescent from a point 260 metres east of Highbury Avenue to the intersection
with Lancaster Street.
Lancaster Street, from its intersection with Somerset Crescent to a point 220 metres east
of Highbury Avenue.
St James School
Albert Street, from a point 110 metres south of Jensen Street to point 50 metres north of
Te Awe Awe Street.
St Marys School
Ruahine Street from a point 30 metres south of Newhaven Place to a point 160 metres
north of Featherston Street
St Peters School
Rennie Avenue. From a point 20 metres north of Lockhart Street to a point 70 metres
north of Moyne Avenue.
Holdsworth Avenue, from its intersection with Rennie Avenue to a point 60 metres east
of Aspiring Avenue.
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Manawatu
Peter Hall Drive, from its intersection with Roberts Line to a point 30 metres west of
Rhodes Drive.
Rhodes Drive, from its intersection with Peter Hall Drive to a point 30 metres west of
Colonial Drive.
Terrace End School
Ruahine Street from a point 20 metres south of Grey Street to a point 30 metres south of
Innes Place
Westend School and Awatapu College
Botanical Road, from a point 80 metres north of College Street to a point 10 metres west
Roberts Line
Ruahine Street
of Katene Street.
College Street, from a point 50 metres west of Botanical Road to a point 130 metres east
of Botanical Road.
Westmount Exclusive Brethren School
Roberts Line, from a point 80 metres north of Daniel Place to a point 20 metres north of
Peter Hall Drive.
Winchester School
Ruahine Street, from a point 40 metres north of Pahiatua street to a point 30 metres south
of Roxburgh Crescent at its northern connection.
40/70 km/h VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT
School zones with variable speed limit:
School Zones marked on a map entitled Palmerston North City Speed Limits and
identified in the legend as having a variable speed limit of 40 km/h subject to the
following conditions:
1. The speed limit is 40 km/h when the variable speed limit signs are operating and the
numerals “40” are displayed.
2. The times which the variable speed limit signs are permitted to operate are limited
to:
a. 35 minutes before the start of school until the start of school;
b. 20 minutes after the end of school, commencing no earlier than 5 minutes
before the end of school;
c. 10 minutes at any other time of the day when at least 50 children cross the
road or enter or leave a vehicle at the roadside.
3. The speed limit is 70 km/h at all times when variable speed limit signs are not
operating.
Walkers Road
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Longburn Adventist College
Walkers Road from a point 830 metres south of State Highway 56 to a point 1230 metres
south of State Highway 56
Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road
Stoney Creek Road
Akers Road
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Kairanga School
Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road from a point 20 metres east of Rongotea Road to a point
320 metres east of Rongotea Road
Whakarongo School
Stoney Creek Road from a point 20 metres north of state Highway 3 to a point 245
metres north of state Highway 3
Linton Contributing School
Akers Road from a point 260 metres south of Beaconsfield Road to a point 70 metres
north of Beaconsfield Road