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NSW And Northern Territory Look To Speedier Future

The governments of New South Wales and the Northern Territory are both looking to increase speed limits on some of their major roads. NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay has in the past mentioned that the state government would consider a higher speed limit


The governments of New South Wales and the Northern Territory are both looking to increase speed limits on some of their major roads.

NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay has in the past mentioned that the state government would consider a higher speed limit on NSW’s most-travelled highways, and now the government is researching the idea.

The M5 Hume Highway and the M1/F3 Pacific Motorway are the roads most likely to be considered for a higher limit, which would see the current 110km/h limit lifted to 120km/h.

In a ‘softly softly’ approach, the limit would initially be raised on a trial basis and would apply to certain sections of the highway - in dry weather only.

Motoring groups have argued that a higher speed limit would simply bring NSW (or any other Australian state) into line with much of the developed world, with numerous countries setting 120, 130km/h speed limits, or higher, on their main roads. 

Mr Gay stressed that no plans are currently in place to raise the speed limit on any NSW highway, and that the government was only considering the idea.

"I went to my department and said ‘what is the situation?’,” Mr Gay said, speaking with the ABC.

“They said 'well Minister, the roads [in Europe] are a lot better than ours in NSW' and I said 'well, get a costing and then we'll make the appraisal'."

The research will include community consultation, including whether NSW residents supported additional road spending to improve roads to facilitate the higher limits.

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