VANCOUVER 鈥� Speed limits could rise and fall simultaneously in B.C., now that reviews of too-slow highway limits and too-fast urban limits are underway.
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone has asked his staff to review highway speeds with an eye to increasing speed limits where it is safe to do so.
At the same time, politicians concerned about urban safety are asking for city- street speed limits to be reduced from 50 kilometres an hour to 40 km/h.
Stone said his staff will review all speed limits with an eye to submitting recommendations by next spring.
Premier Christy Clark, who won a summer byelection in the Okanagan riding of Westside-Kelowna, said she often hears from constituents that highway speed limits are too slow.
At the same time, pressure is mounting for lower speed limits in urban areas.
Delegates to the coming Union of B.C. Municipalities convention will debate a City of Victoria motion to have municipal street speed limits decreased to 40 km/h.
