The City of Helsinki is planning to decrease speed limits near schools, said the city in a press release on Friday.
The change would affect street crossings around Helsinki most often used by schoolchildren.
The City of Helsinki Urban Environment Division proposed decreasing speed limits near upper and lower secondary schools.
The speed limit would be lowered by 10 km per hour near 60 schools on streets where the current speed limit is 40 or 50 km/h.
The Urban Environment Committee will discuss the proposal in its meeting on Tuesday 20 May.
According to the proposal, changes to the speed limits would be made in a total of about 50 streets to improve traffic safety.
The speed limit is to be lowered in the immediate vicinity of the school on a short street section. Otherwise, the street speed limit will remain as it is.
‘On a typical street near a school, this would mean changing the speed limit from 40 to 30 km/h, and the change would affect a stretch of a few hundred metres. This would make drivers more attentive in the right place. A traffic sign warning about children will also be used in connection with the speed limit sign,’ said Traffic and Street Planning Manager Reetta Putkonen.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
