Whereas rural community roads are managed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, who oversee the maintenance, service and safety standards, including the setting and adjustment of speed limits; And whereas rural areas are experiencing traffic management issues including increasing speeding as development and populations increase in areas shared by vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians; this requires a greater attention to community public safety concerns and necessary safety improvements: Therefore it be resolved that UBCM request that the Ministry of Transportation review rural speed limits in developing residential areas and commercial or village centers, and direct design improvements to make highways safer in these environments, including speed limit reduction.
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure The Motor Vehicle Act establishes the basic or statutory speed limit on all public roads: 80kmh outside municipalities and 50kmh within municipalities. The Ministry is committed to improving road safety for all road users, including pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, and speed limits play an important role in road user safety and comfort. The Ministry will work with local communities to review statutory speed limits or posted speed limits on rural community roads based on request and can establish posted speed limits or lower speed limits where community support and engineering review indicate that the statutory speed is no longer appropriate.