Speed Management Plan proposal

We're consulting on our first Speed Management Plan[PDF 3.78 MB].

The Speed Management Plan outlines how the transport network is expected to look in 10 years’ time and provides a three-year implementation programme for ‘high-benefit areas’ identified by Waka Kotahi – school zones, areas and road corridors.

The Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022 requires road controlling authorities to develop Speed Management Plans.

Update 9 May 2013: Following community feedback we’ve updated the maps used to illustrate ‘Part B’ of the draft Speed Management Plan to better reflect what is being proposed. These are possible options for this component of the plan and we are asking the community to respond to these ideas.

What is proposed

We are proposing a staged approach to implementing any changes to the transport network. This will allow us to identify what works and what does not and apply that information when reviewing the plan in 3 years time, help us to deliver the plan with the resources available and allow us to focus on the high-benefit areas.

The high benefit areas are:

• streets around schools
• road corridors
• areas where there are high concentrations of active roads users, such as town centres, and marae.

It is proposed that we:

• prioritise changes that need to be made in the next 10 years, with an initial focus on addressing safety in the high benefit areas identified by Waka Kotahi
• investigate roads where proposed speed limits differ from Waka Kotahi assessments of what is safe and appropriate.

Priority	Timeline	High-benefit area description
1	2023/24	Road corridors with a focus on roads with 70km/h speed limits Marae Schools with variable speed limits
2	2024–27	Schools with permanent speed limits Marae Town centres
3	2027 onwards	Based on community feedback

 We are not:

• looking at changing speed limits on State Highways as these are the responsibility of Waka Kotahi.
• proposing to change speed limits along the entire length of urban connector roads such as Kāpiti Road, Mazengarb Road, Te Moana Road and Mill Road.

Over the years we have continued to receive requests from the community for traffic-calming measures and lower speed limits for specific areas and individual streets.

Each request is assessed to determine whether it fits under one of the above high-benefit areas, and where a request aligns with a high-benefit area, it has been included in the three-year Implementation Plan. Otherwise, there is an opportunity for it to be considered for inclusion in future Speed Management Plans.

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The plan

This Speed Management Plan has two parts:

• Part A – What we propose to implement up to the end of 2027, comprising high priority high-benefit areas.
• Part B – What we plan to implement beyond 2027.

What the Council proposes to implement up to the end of 2027

School	Proposed speed limit	Timing	Maps
Paekākāriki School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 133 KB]
Te Rā Waldorf School and Te Rāwhiti Kindergarten	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 317 KB]
Raumati Beach School	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 125 KB]
Raumati South School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 733 KB]
Paraparaumu College	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 470 KB]
Kāpiti School	20km/h permanent	2021–24	Map[PDF 380 KB]
Our Lady of Kāpiti School	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 154 KB]
Kāpiti College	30km/h permanent/variable	2021–24/ 2024–27	Map[PDF 186 KB]
Paraparaumu Beach School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 151 KB]
Kenakena School	30km/h permanent/variable	2021–24/ 2024–27	Map[PDF 435 KB]
Paraparaumu School	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 492 KB]
Kapakapanui School	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 291 KB]
Waikanae School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 170 KB]
Te Horo School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 321 KB]
Ōtaki College	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 497 KB]
Ōtaki School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 448 KB]
Te Kura-a-iwi Whakatupuranga Rua Mano	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 386 KB]
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 241 KB]
St Peter Chanel School	30km/h permanent	2024–27	Map[PDF 237 KB]
Waitohu School	30km/h variable	2021–24	Map[PDF 252 KB]
Riverbank Road	50km/h and 60km/h	2024	Map[PDF 433 KB]
Raumati South Village	30km/h	2024–27	Map[PDF 726 KB]
Raumati Beach Village	20km/h, 30km/h and 50 km/h	2024–27	Map[PDF 136 KB]
Waikanae Beach Village	30km/h	2024–27	Map[PDF 617 KB]
Ōtaki Town Centre	30km/h	2024–27	Map[PDF 733 KB]
Waikanae Town Centre	30km/h	2024–27	Map[PDF 649 KB]
Te Horo Beach	30km/h	2024–27	Map[PDF 608 KB]
94 Peka Peka Road to 62m east of Paetawa Road	60km/h	2024-27	No map available
221 Valley Road to Waterfall Road	60km/h	2024-27	No map available

What we are planning to implement beyond 2027

The second part of our Speed Management Plan covers what we plan to do beyond 2027 to meet Waka Kotahi requirements. This will be a potential step change towards implementing safe and appropriate speeds on the Kāpiti Coast and will be guided in part by community feedback.

Reaching the end state will take some time and will be the subject of future Speed Management Plans.

The challenge for the Kāpiti Coast is to identify how and when we will get to the ‘end state’ and applying the lessons learned from implementing the plan in the different stages.

At this point we are:

• proposing to install traffic-calming devices on relevant roads where infrastructure is required to complement safe and appropriate speed limits.
• not proposing to install traffic-calming devices on all roads.

We have identified some possible options for transitioning to the ‘end state’.

Option 1: Expand school zones

Extend the existing speed-limit buffer around schools to 1km for primary schools and approximately 2.25km for high schools. This is the distance most students are prepared to walk or cycle.

A benefit of this option is that it reduces the risk of fatalities, serious injuries and near misses in the areas around schools. This will improve safety for students and the community and further encourage and create the opportunity for children to walk and bike to school safely.

Option 2: Expand areas

Implement a 30km/h zone area for defined neighbourhoods.

• How are neighbourhoods prioritised?
• How are neighbourhoods spatially defined?

And/or extend the existing speed limit buffers around town centres to 400m as this is generally accepted as an appropriate walking distance.

Option 3: Road corridors

Install infrastructure along road corridors to reduce travel speeds along the road corridor and/or to provide opportunities for pedestrians/ cyclists to cross the road corridors safely. For example:

• Construct Pedestrian Refuges
• Extend kerbs at intersections to slow the entry/ exit speeds of vehicles.

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Review

The Speed Management Plan will be reviewed every three years. This will allow the inclusion of requests for speed management infrastructure in the Wellington Regional Land Transport Plan funding bids. The first deadline for funding bids is September 2023.

As a result:

• the deadline for this Speed Management Plan to be finalised is September 2023. This will enable the inclusion of speed-related infrastructure in the 2024–27 Regional Land Transport Plan that signals to Waka Kotahi the projects for which the region is seeking funding.
• planning for the review of the plan for inclusion in the 2027–30 Regional Land Transport Plan is likely to start in late 2025 or early 2026 to meet the estimated September 2026 deadline.