Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019 Since Sept 27, 1879 Retail $2 Home delivered from $1.35 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MID CANTERBURY Gulls converge on domain FULL STORY P6 www.guardianonline.co.nz PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 071019-SS-0123 Busy month P5 Rakaia has to wait for speed review BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY Rakaia community and thank everyone “Yes. Lower the speed limit and put
[email protected] for keeping us informed and we have in- some sort of crossing in for the children. The New Zealand Transport Agency cluded Rakaia in the sites to be consid- I personally think a set of lights at the say they are aware of Rakaia residents’ ered.” park and Mobil intersection would be the concerns about the 70km/h speed limit Comments on the Ashburton Guardian best option. Trucks block visibility and it through the town, but that residents will Facebook page on Monday were unani- does make it quite hard for right turning have to wait their turn for a speed limit mous in their support of the speed limit traffic.” review. being lowered through the township. In a statement last week, the NZ Trans- Last week the New Zealand Transport “Should be 50 through township and port Agency said they are currently iden- Agency announced a number of speed 70 across the two bridges. I would rather tifying state highways where lower speed reviews for South Island towns, but did have added 3-4 mins of travel time than limits could make a big difference in not include Rakaia. be delayed 3-4 hours after another acci- preventing deaths and serious injuries, NZTA senior traffic and safety engineer dent,” one commenter said.