Reduced speed limits in school zones appear to be near
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This article was published 18/04/2012 (5109 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Manitoba government appears poised to reduce speed limits in school zones. The NDP is to table legislation as early as Thursday, according to a government order paper.
Legislation to amend the province’s Highway Traffic Act is to be tabled by Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton.
Media reports have said Winnipeg is the only large city in Western Canada that does not have a reduced speed limit in a school zone. The speed limit in Winnipeg is 50 km/h unless otherwise posted. In other cities, the reduced speed limit in a school zone varies between 30 km/h to 40 km/h.
What’s unclear is how a reduced speed limit will be enforced by police. Mobile photo radar is already allowed to set up in a school zone, but there has been pressure for police to do more traditional speed enforcement using hand-held laser guns.