Neighbourhood speed limit reductions are part of the municipality’s ongoing initiatives to improve road safety.
The Province of Nova Scotia legislates speed limits on public roadways via the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act (MVA). Currently the MVA prescribes a default speed limit of 50 km/h. However, the province will consider speed limit reduction submissions from the Local Traffic Authority on a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood basis where streets have similar characteristics and a representative sample of streets are shown to meet the criteria listed below:
- The functional classification of the street must be local.
- The current speed limit on the street must be 50 km/h.
- A speed study must be completed confirming the 85th percentile speed is close to 40 km/h or plans for physical changes that will limit speeds close to 40 km/h. The 85th percentile speed defines the speed that 85 percent of drivers will drive at or below under normal conditions.
- Recommended speed limit of 40 km/h as provided by Canadian Guidelines for Establishing Residential Speed Limits.
- Recommendation for the 40 km/h speed limit must be in writing from the Local Traffic Authority.
Staff are reviewing and analyzing neighbourhood data to support applications for reduced speed limits to the Provincial Traffic Authority.
The following streets are complete or pending completion. Click on the community name to view a map of the 40 km/h zone.
COMMUNITY NAME DISTRICT YEAR INSTALLED
Lake Charles 1 2021
Erindale Estates 3 2022
Heritage Hills 3 2022
Russell Lake West 3 2020
Dartmouth 5 2022
Harbourview 5 2022
Locks Rd/Shubie Park 6 2020
Crystal Heights 6 2020
Belmont on the Arm 7 2021
Creighton-Maynard 8 2021
Uniacke Street Area 8 2021
West End 8/9 2021
Fairmount 9 2019
Cowie Hill 9 2022
Kearney Lake Beach 10 2021
Central Spryfield 11 2022
Governors Brook 11 2022
Beechville 12 2022
Glengarry Estates 12 2020
Lower Sackville 15 2021
Eaglewood 16 2022
Oakmount 16 2020
Ridgevale 16 2022

Neighbourhood 40km/h Speed Limit