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By APD writer Adtiya Nugraha
The Netherlands authority planned to cut the speed limit to 62 miles per hour on Dutch roads in an attempt to cut emissions.
Under the new traffic regulation to take into effect in 2020, the current the current top speed of 81mph (130kph) will be reduced to to 62mph (100kph) between 06:00 a.m. and 07:00 p.m.
The old limit will remain in place at night.
The reduction is introduced as part of the government's plan to cut emissions in the face of mounting nationwide pollution, which has seen a number of infrastructure projects placed on hold.
Thousands of plans for roads, airports and housing were affected in May after the Council of State, a government advisory body, ruled that existing measures to reduce nitrous oxide and ammonia pollution were insufficient.
The government has said that it wants to build 75,000 homes next year and ministers have been searching for a solution to cut the country’s pollution levels.
The Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte has described the op speed cut policy as a short-term package.
"I’m happy we managed to work it out together in a decent way." he said Wednesday.
"Nobody likes this, but it really plays a greater role here. It is necessary to prevent the Netherlands from locking and that jobs are unnecessarily lost," he added.
The law change would make Netherlands as the country adopts one of the lowest speed limits in the European Union.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
