Kitchener pilot project will reduce speed limits in 3 neighbourhoods

Starting this fall, three neighborhoods in Kitchener will see their speed limits reduced from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.

This week, Kitchener city council approved a pilot project that would study the effect of reducing speed limits in the Huron, Doon and Idlewood areas of the city.

For the neighbourhoods that include schools, the current 40 km/h speed limit in the school zones will be reduced to 30 km/h, the city says.

The pilot will run for a year, with the city's transportation team monitoring all three neighbourhoods for the duration of the pilot.

They will present a report with their findings to council in fall 2020.