A 110 km/hr speed limit?

The Herald reported:

Open-road speed limits could vary by up to 50km/h under a new classification system signalled to traffic engineers in Auckland.

Transport Agency safety manager Helen Climo told the Traffic Institute at its annual conference yesterday that a new rule should be finalised by the end of next year allowing speeds of up to 110km/h on a small number of well-engineered highways and motorways.

The Government has made no decisions on this, but I hope they do increase the limit on roads with good enough engineering to allow a higher limit.