By-Law No. 1601 - Speed Limits — full text

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1 THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF VICTORIA BEACH BY-LAW NO. 1601 Being a By-Law to establish the maximum speed limit on a highway or portion of a highway under the responsible traffic authority's jurisdiction. WHEREAS The Highway Traffic Act C.C.S.M., c. H60 gives a traffic authority the ability to establish a speed limit up to 90 km/h for any geographic area, highway, or portion of a highway for which it is the responsible traffic authority; AND WHEREAS section 6 of the Traffic Authority Speed Limits Regulation provides that a By- Law of a traffic authority must: (a) Describe any portions of highway to which the speed limit applies, either by reference to a specific highway and the points on the highway at which the speed limit begins and ends or by reference to the boundaries of a geographic area; (b) Indicate whether the speed limit applies at all times or applies seasonally; (c) If the speed limit applies seasonally, indicate the day that the speed limit starts and the day that it ends in each year; (d) Be accessible to the public; AND WHEREAS Council for The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach deems it advisable and in the public interest to fix a speed limit for the highways or portions of highways, for which The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach has jurisdiction; NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach enacts as follows: Maximum Speed Limits on Highways within The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach 1) At all times of the year the maximum speed limit on highways under The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach jurisdiction is as prescribed in the Schedule A that is attached and forms part of this By-Law. DONE AND PASSED by the Council of The Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach duly assembled this 19th day of November, 2019. _________________________ Penny McMorris - Reeve _________________________ Raymond Moreau - CAO Read a first time this 5th day of November A.D. 2019. Read a second time this 19th day of November A.D. 2019. Read a third time this 19th day of November A. D. 2019. Schedule A amended on second reading 2 THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF VICTORIA BEACH BY-LAW 1601 SCHEDULE A (1) The following described highways or portions of highways are designated as reduced restricted speed areas and the maximum speed for vehicles being driven in those areas is fixed at 30 km/h: (a) Ateah Road; (b) David Road from PTH59 to Ateah Road; (c) Hampton Road; (d) McCawley Road; (e) Olafson Boulevard; (f) Pine Road from Ateah Road to Eighth Avenue; and (g) Saffie Road. (2) All those highways and portions of highways within the Municipality excluding those highways and portions of highways described in Clause (1) above are designated as reduced restricted speed areas and the maximum speed for vehicles being driven in those areas is fixed at 20 km/h.