Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2021 consultation

Submissions for this consultation have now closed. 

Waka Kotahi consulted on the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2021 (proposed Rule) enabling an improved approach to speed management planning on New Zealand roads.

A total of 325 submissions were received and feedback used to refine the rule. The Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022 has been approved by the Minister of Transport and comes into force on 19 May 2022. The new Rule replaces the previous 2017 Setting of Speed Limits Rule and implements a new, more coordinated approach to speed management planning on New Zealand’s roads.

Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022

A Summary of Submissions report analyses and provides a summary of the submissions and feedback from Waka Kotahi.

Summary of Submissions from the 2021 consultation [PDF, 856 KB]

Consultation documents

Summary of proposals (overview) of the proposed rule [PDF, 2.6 MB]

Setting of the Speed Limits 2021 Rule consultation draft for review [PDF, 465 KB]

Feedback closed on 25 June 2021.