Transportation Minister Brooke Taylor says he won’t give Halifax control over its speed limits, but he might agree to lower the limit in school zones.
That puts the province on a different page from the city. On Tuesday regional council debated lowering the speed limit in all school zones to 30 km/h.
But that was put off because council doesn’t control speed limits. Instead councillors voted to write a letter asking the province to give them that power.
“Today I’m satisfied to say no. We would say no to such a request,” Taylor said.
But that doesn’t mean the province wouldn’t approve a request to lower the limits. Taylor said he would consider doing so on a case-by-case basis after staff study the issue.
