Duntroon residents may have to wait some time for a review of the speed limit in their township, despite demands from the community to have it lowered.
Last week, the Otago Daily Times reported pressure was coming from the community to have the speed limit lowered from 70kmh to 50kmh for safety reasons, particularly with the lack of footpaths and with blind spots on streets.
However, the two authorities which set the limits - the Waitaki District Council on side streets and the New Zealand Transport Agency on State Highway 83 - have no immediate plans for reviews.
The land transport agency's acting state highway manager in Dunedin, Ian Duncan, said speed limits were generally considered case by case.
At this stage, the agency did not have a request from the Duntroon community to review the speed limit on SH83.
Duntroon was reviewed several years ago and, to his knowledge, nothing had changed.
"Once we receive a request from the Duntroon community, we will consider all options to address the issues including the possibility of reducing the speed limit," Mr Duncan said.
Waitaki District Council assets manager Neil Jorgensen said the issue of the limit on streets other than the state highway had been raised with him last week.
The council was funding a review of speed limits, which would include Duntroon, throughout the whole district, in the 2011-12 financial year.
The Duntroon District Association was making a submission to the council's annual plan urging the review go ahead, and that would be considered along with other submissions.
The council had scheduled a district-wide speed limit review in previous financial years, but it had to be deferred because of priorities in other areas and staffing issues.
Mr Jorgensen pointed out the speed limit was a maximum.
Under the law, drivers had to drive to the prevailing conditions to be able to stop in a safe distance.
"In some areas that have a 70kmh speed limit, you cannot drive at that speed safely so drivers are legally required to moderate their speed," he said.
