What sort of traffic management advisor would come up with the idea of reducing a 50kph speed limit to 30kph? To have a speed limit of 18.6 miles per hour is ludicrous, even in a built up area. Agreed, a pedestrian crossing on The Mall is advisable, but to apply such a reduced speed is beyond belief, especially when one takes into account the lack of enforcement in the area. The average speed around the Mount and Papamoa seems to start at 60kph with little or no sign of patrols actively monitoring it. In the area from Banks Ave and Salisbury Ave northward, the traffic flow is normally steady as is the speed. Why make a law you cannot enforce and why try to fix something that ain't broke. Supply statistics of speeding offences or motor accidents to back up the need for a speed alteration or else leave well alone.
KR Roke, Papamoa.