Lower Speed Limit Across Montreal Coming Into Effect

From The Montreal Gazette:

The city of Montreal has begun to phase in a 40 kilometres per hour maximum for automobile traffic on residential streets.

The 10 kilometre per hour reduction will go into effect in the boroughs of Lachine, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Saint Laurent, Rosemont La Petite Patrie as well as two districts of the downtown district of Ville Marie between Dec. 27-31.

Boroughs that have yet to reduce to limit are expected to do so over the course of 2010.

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