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While an Ontario group continues to petition raising speed limits on 400-series highways to 130 km/h, the Province of British Columbia has already made some major changes by increasing top speeds on select highways to 120 km/h.
The new speed limit takes effect this week along the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Kamloops, the Okanagan Connector from just outside Merritt to Peachland, and along a section of the Island Highway between Parksville and Campbell River. Highways Minister Todd Stone says results of a review of rural highway safety led government to raise speed limits on certain divided, multilane highways to 120 km/h from 110 km/h.
Meanwhile, a pilot project is also being planned for sections of the Coquihalla Highway, Highway 1 between Sicamous and Revelstoke, and parts of the Sea-to-Sky Highway north of Vancouver, using reader boards to set variable speed limits that depend on road conditions.
The review also calls for measures to remind slower drivers to stay right, except to pass, as well as a pilot program advising motorists to pull over if more than five vehicles are following. The review examined four aspects of road safety on B.C.’s rural highways, ranging from speed limit revisions to measures to reduce collisions with wildlife.
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Speed limit raised to 120 km/h on select B.C. highways originally appeared on Autoblog Canada on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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