September 16, 2013 by Canadian Underwriter
Manitoba has amended the province’s Highway Traffic Act, allowing local governments to set lower speed limits in school zones.
Local governments, such as municipalities, local government districts, First Nations and community councils, now have the ability to:
“Reduced-speed school zones are limited to streets and highways that abut the school property and the designated zone must be within 150 metres of the boundary of that property,” the government said.
Any local government that wishes to reduce the speed limit in its school zones must pass a bylaw that provides the detail required in the new Reduced-Speed School Zone Regulation. Regulations include provisions for the type, size and positin of appropriate notifications and signage erected to inform drivers, according to the government.
Municipalities can also choose to have the speed reduced at all times in a school zone, recognizing that schools are often used year-round and in the evenings as gathering places for children, the government said.
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