Approved speed limit changes

Approved speed limit changes for Northland and Auckland

In December 2023, the Director of Land Transport (DoLT) approved the following speed limit changes in the Auckland-north Auckland speed review project:

Under the Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024, any approved speed limit changes not implemented by 30 October 2024 have no legal effect.

For the Auckland-north Auckland speed review project this means the following speed limit changes, implemented before 30 October, can remain, unless subject to the rule’s requirements to reverse some speed limits:

SH1 Pukenui to Kaitaia
SH15 Kaikohe to Otaika
SH11 Kawakawa to Paihia
SH1 Kawakawa to Whangārei
SH14 Dargaville to Whangārei
SH1 Whangārei to Te Hana

However, the following approved changes can no longer be implemented, and the review process, including public consultation, needs to start again:

SH12 Ōmāpere to Kaikohe
SH12 Brynderwyn to Ōmāpere
SH10 Pakaraka to Taipa
SH1 Te Hana to Warkworth
SH16 Wellsford to Waimauku

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Proposed speed limit changes

Variable speed limits already implemented around schools can also remain.

NZTA is currently finalising its approach to future state highway speed management planning. This includes the requirement in the new Rule for NZTA to use reasonable efforts to implement variable speed limits of 60km/h or less outside school gates by 1 July 2026.

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Approved speed limit changes for Northland and Auckland