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  •   Home > News > Environment

    Major plans for Canterbury's roadways as a historic speed-limit change comes into force

    Major plans for Canterbury's roadways as a historic speed-limit change comes into force


    From today a section of the Christchurch Southern Motorway will have a speed limit of 110 kilometres an hour - becoming the first of its kind in the South Island.

    About 70-percent of public submissions on the change last year supported the move.

    South Island Minister James Meager says improvements on Brougham Street, in Rolleston, and on a second Ashburton bridge are in the works.

    He says upgrades between Lyttleton Port to Timaru Port are also being explored.

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