Parts of Hobart’s Sandy Bay Road are set to get slower with a ‘safer’ new 40km/h speed limit.
The road will reduce by 10km/h from Osborne Street to Ashfield Street, bringing it in line with the Hobart CBD and other retail precincts around the city.
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Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said the impacts will be minimal and the benefits huge.
“Travelling at 40km/h, the increase in travel time over a distance of one kilometre compared to a speed of 50km/h is just 18 seconds,” Reynolds said.
Variable message boards will be installed along Sandy Bay Road from 23 June with the new speed restriction to be in operation from 9 July.
