NOTE: This consultation was held under the 2022 version of the Setting of Speed Limits Rule, as part of the provisions that enabled RCAs to consult on Interim Speed Management Plans (SMPs) in between the three yearly regional SMPs. Following the consultation, the Minister of Transport announced that work was underway to develop a new Land Transport Rule for setting speed limits. In anticipation of the new Rule, we paused work on our speed management plans.
The new Rule was released in 2024 and confirmed that any in-progress SMP plans that were not in the register and implemented at 30 October 2024 could not proceed and would need to be revisited in the future, if NZTA is satisfied that they align with the future direction and requirements of the new Rule.
Read more about the new Rule and its requirements for future speed reviews
The information below has therefore been kept as a record of the full 2022 consultation.
Following our analysis and conversations with partners, interested groups and organisations, we proposed the following new speed limits:
View larger map and speed limit tables [PDF, 2.3 MB]
| State highway | School | Existing speed limit (km/h) | Proposed new speed limit (km/h) *variable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahurangi College | 60 | 60/30* |
| 16 | Waimauku School | 60 | 60/30* |
| 22 | Wesley College | 80 | 80/≤60* |
| State highway | Reference number (refer to map) | Location | Description | Existing speed limit (km/h) *variable |
Proposed new speed limit (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wellsford north | Northern entrance to Wellsford | 60 | 50 |
| 1 | 2 | Warkworth north | Northern entrance to Warkworth | 80 | 60 |
| 1 | 3 | Pūhoi to Warkworth mainline 60 | End of motorway, for approach to roundabout - northbound only | N/A | 60 |
| 1 | 4 | Pūhoi to Warkworth (VSL at north end of motorway) | Variable speed limit to allow smart management of traffic to roundabout - northbound only | N/A | Various (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 or 100) |
| 1 | 5 | Warkworth variable speed area - removal | Removal of intersection speed zone at Designation Road | 80/60* | 80 |
| 1 | 6 | Pūhoi northbound off-ramp | N/A | N/A | 80 |
| 1 | 7 | Pūhoi southbound on-ramp | N/A | N/A | 80 |
| 1 | 8 | Pūhoi to Warkworth mainline | Warkworth roundabout to north of Johnstone Hill Tunnels | N/A | 100 |
| 1 | 9 | Albany Station bus ramp | N/A | 80 | 50 |
| 1 | 10 | Constellation (18/1 interchange) northbound ramp | N/A | N/A | 80 |
| 1 | 11 | Constellation (18/1 interchange) southbound ramp | N/A | N/A | 80 |
| 16 | 1 | Kaukapakapa 50 | North of Henley Road to north of Kahikatea Flat Road | 80 | 50 |
| 16 | 2 | Kaukapakapa south | Southern approach to Kaukapakapa from near Inland Rd to near McLennan Farm Rd | 100 | 80 |
The following speed limits have been approved by the Director of Land Transport.
Due to the urgency of some speed limits related to specific operational needs, we have progressed the following sections via an alternative process, separately from the Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan.
View the latest update on the Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan(external link)
| State highway | Reference number (refer to map) | Location | Previous speed limit (km/h) *variable |
New speed limit (km/h) | Effective from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
1 -10 |
Constellation Drive (interchange) northbound ramp |
N/A |
80 |
27 February 2024 |
|
1 |
1-11 |
Constellation Drive (interchange) southbound ramp |
N/A |
80 |
27 February 2024 |
Consultation on the Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan closed on 12 December 2022.
