Overview
- The province’s online engagement ran Nov. 7 to Dec. 12 and received 59,400 responses on modernizing rural divided-highway rules.
- Preliminary findings show 68% support for raising limits on rural divided highways from 110 km/h to 120 km/h.
- Government plans a controlled 120 km/h mini-trial on select rural divided highways next year with monitoring and safety evaluation.
- More than 90% of respondents who weighed in favored restricting commercial trucks from certain lanes on major highways.
- Minister Devin Dreeshen says divided highways were engineered for 120 km/h, while letters to editors question highway design and the weight of a self-selected survey.