Alberta MLA introduces bill that looks to raise freeway speed limits in the province
Posted Mar 11, 2021 2:29 pm.
SPRUCE GROVE (660 NEWS) — An Alberta MLA has introduced a bill that is looking to make commutes on the province’s freeways, a little quicker.
Spruce Grove-Stoney Plain MLA Searle Turton is hoping Bill 213, the Traffic Safety (Maximum Speed Limit for Provincial Freeways) Amendment Act, will be passed and raise the speed limit to 120 kilometers per hour on some freeways across Alberta.
After extensive research, Turton found that increasing speed limits would better synchronize driving speeds between posted limits without leading to safety concerns for drivers.
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“Bill 213 would allow motorists to use our freeways at the speeds they were designed and engineered for, and match posted speed limits with the realistic speeds commuters follow. Evidence shows this would make our freeways safer,” Turton said in a release. “This bill, if passed, would keep people moving in a safe and thoughtful way.”
There would be no effect to any freeways within urban areas across the province, only stretches of freeway that the Ministry of Transportation deems safe.
