The Road Ahead: Managing speeds and Better Travel Choices for Taranaki
This is your chance to have a say on transport in Taranaki. Taranaki Regional Council, New Plymouth District Council, Stratford District Council and South Taranaki District Council are seeking views on key strategies aimed at improving opportunities for active travel, enhancing the region's public transport network and ensuring road speeds are safe and appropriate.
Click the links below to go to the Speed Management Plans developed by NPDC, SDC and STDC and have your say on the proposed speed limit changes on some local roads. To have a say on the TRC's draft Better Travel Choices for Taranaki, click the Take the Survey button below. The consultations are being supported by Roadsafe Taranaki.
All of these Speed Management Plans and the Better Travel Choices strategy will feed into creating the Regional Land Transport Plan in 2024. This is prepared by the TRC and is a strategic document that provides direction to land transport in the region and sets out how the region proposes to invest to achieve those transport objectives. The public will be consulted about the RLTP between February to March 2024 and it will come into effect on 1 July next year.
TRC Better Travel Choices for Taranaki Strategy
Click the link below to go to the survey where you can have a say on buses and active travel in Taranaki.
New Plymouth District Speed Management Plan
Click the link below to have a say on speed limits on some local roads in the New Plymouth District.
Stratford District Speed Management Plan
Click the link below to have a say on speed limits on some local roads in the Stratford District.
South Taranaki District Speed Management Plan
Click the link below to have a say on speed limits on some local roads in the South Taranaki District.
Proposed road speed changes
Click below to open the map and see the proposed speed limit changes in the New Plymouth District, the Stratford District and the South Taranaki District.
Road Transport Timeline
Transport vision
March-April 2023: Feedback sought on public transport, cycling and walking, the long-term vision for transport and road safety and speed management.
Speed Management/ Better Travel Choices
18 September-29 October 2023: Public consultation on district councils’ speed management plans and Better Travel Choices for Taranaki strategy.
RLTP Consultation
16 February-15 March 2024: Public consultation on Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP).
RLTP Hearings
18 April 2024: Hearings to finalise RLTP.
RLTP Submitted
30 April 2024: RLTP submitted for approval by Waka Kotahi after confirmation by TRC.
RLTP Operative
1 July 2024: RLTP comes into effect.