City speed limits will be on the Dunedin City Council's agenda this week, as it decides whether to put the brakes on old speed limits on 12 roads.
It will also consider whether to introduce part-time 40kmh speed limits outside five city schools.
Most of the changes proposed by the council have found favour with residents in consultation, although a proposal to extend the 50kmh speed limit on Portobello Rd has fallen flat.
The council will hear from eight of 77 submitters on Tuesday when a hearings subcommittee meets to consider submissions on the proposed changes.
Sixty-six submitters supported the proposed changes, eight partially supported them and three opposed them (all the Portobello Rd change), transportation engineer Diana Munster reported to the subcommittee of Crs David Benson-Pope, Doug Hall and Aaron Hawkins.
Because it was narrow and there was a painted cycle lane on it, council staff had proposed extending a 50kmh section of Portobello Rd from near Glenfalloch west to just past St Ronans Rd.
That, however, was the only road of the 12 to hit a snag, with four of 16 submitters opposing (one partially) the idea, and staff consequently recommended the speed remain at 70kmh.
In his submission, resident Greg Sligo said the road was so much better than it used to be it seemed counterintuitive to slow it down, especially outside the various small settlements along the road, where housing was only on one side.
The Otago Peninsula Community Board also thought the crash data, few driveways and lack of impediments to traffic flow made the extension unnecessary.
Staff recommended St Ronans Rd and Rosehill Rd also stay at 70kmh because they were so short they had to have the same speed as the adjacent main road. That was despite most submitters on those roads saying they were relieved the speed limit would be reduced.
Twenty-eight submissions were received on reducing the speed limit to 40kmh at certain times of the day outside Carisbrook School, King's and Queen's High Schools, Kaikorai Valley College and Wakari School.
Of those, the two opposing submitters were respectively concerned about congestion outside Kaikorai Valley College and Wakari School. Staff recommended the subcommittee adopt the changes as proposed.
The hearings subcommittee will consider each road and the submissions received and decide whether the changes should proceed as recommended by staff.
The process to review speed limits around the city is semi-regular. The process for this set of changes began in September last year.
