Provincial proposal would impact Highway 43

Given the Alberta government’s proposal to increase highway speed limits – including on Highway 43 between Edmonton and Grande Prairie – from 110 to 120 kilometres per hour, Whitecourt council contemplated its response. Article content

The question was brought to town council during its regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 24. Council requested that if highway speed limits are increased, that speed transition zones around Whitecourt be expanded so drivers have time to adjust to 70 km/h limits in town. Article content

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“Regardless of what the decision is (on limit increases), we want … a bubble created around us,” Lee Hardman, town community safety director, told council.

Hardman told council that extendin

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