120 km/h speed limit begins testing on stretch of QEII south of Leduc - BERITAJA

On a roadworthy that already sees galore drivers pinch their pedal to the metal, the Alberta authorities is testing to spot if raising the velocity limit is simply a bully idea.

A mini agelong of Alberta’s busiest road adjacent Edmonton is getting a velocity limit summation arsenic portion of a trial to spot if much stretches of divided road should let it.

Drivers going on a 22-kilometre information of Highway 2, starting southbound of Leduc, will spot velocity limit signs of 120 kilometres an hr — up from the existing 110 km/h connected the remainder of the QEII.

It would beryllium the fastest posted velocity limit successful Alberta and tied for pinch the Coquihalla Highway successful British Columbia for fastest successful the country.

Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen said Wednesday the area being tested is 1 of the busiest road sections successful the province, and information upgrades specified arsenic longer ramps for overpasses were precocious completed successful Leduc County and the County of Wetaskiwin, making it an perfect proceedings area.

Alberta Transportation said almost 70 per cent of respondents to a caller study agreed the velocity limit should beryllium accrued connected agrarian divided highways to 120 km/h.

Dreeshen said he expects the trial to stitchery a important magnitude of information for the state to analyse earlier it considers expanding the limit connected different divided highways.

The 120 km/h conception will tally for 22 km southbound of the Leduc Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station successful some directions. The state said the areas being monitored and evaluated see that stretch, positive the 5 km to the northbound and southbound of it.

The curate said the state will show collision numbers, but he says galore drivers recreation astatine the higher velocity already, truthful he’s not expecting an uptick successful crashes.

At the aforesaid time, earlier this outpouring the state accrued the penalties for dangerous driving.

Fines for offences for illustration sloppy driving, excessive speeding, stunting and racing were accrued by 50 per cent, pinch about different postulation penalties rising by 30 per cent.

The state reminded drivers the 120 km/h limit is intended for perfect roadworthy conditions and drivers should still beryllium going slower erstwhile roads are wet, icy, aliases erstwhile location is reduced visibility.

— pinch a record from BERITAJA