New Variable Speed Limits (VSLs) to slow traffic outside 16 Canterbury schools are set to take effect over the coming weeks.

Installation and preparation for these VSLs – which indicate on electronic signs the reduced speed limit is in force – is due to begin next week. They will operate at peak times at the schools across the Canterbury region (see list of schools below).

This work by New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is part of the Government’s approach to setting speed limits under the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024, which requires safer speeds outside schools by 1 July 2026. All eligible schools, including those on 100km/h roads, will have variable speed limits installed. At peak times, mainly before and after school, speed limits will drop to 30km/h or 60km/h, depending on the road and safety requirements.

“We know that these reduced speed limits, when in force at school drop-off and pick-up times, can make a real difference in keeping children and their families safe,” says NZTA Director of Regional Relationships, James Caygill.

An example below of existing Variable Speed Limit signage

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