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A speed limit of 50 km/h will soon be allowed again on many of Berlin's main roads. Up to now, a speed limit of 30 km/h has been prescribed on 41 main roads for reasons of air pollution control.
To date, a speed limit of 30 km/h has been prescribed on 41 main roads for reasons of air pollution control. In some cases, however, air quality has improved significantly in recent years, as transport senator Ute Bonde (CDU) said after the most recent Senate meeting.
On seven of the roads in question, the pollutant levels are still so high that the current speed limit remains in place. On nine others, the speed limit will remain in place for road safety reasons - for example in front of daycare centers or retirement homes, as Bonde explained. For the remaining 25 main roads, it will first be examined whether a 30 km/h speed limit is necessary for certain sections for reasons of school safety. Following an amendment to the road traffic regulations, this is now mandatory for "highly frequented school routes".
She could not yet say when the test results would be available. The traffic administration is in contact with schools, districts and the police. "There are no empirical values for this yet," said Bonde on the question of what "highly frequented" school routes are. The Senate has accepted Bonde's proposal to update and amend the current clean air plan accordingly. The next step is for the Council of Mayors to deal with it, which has until mid-July to raise objections and comments. The Senate could then make a decision on August 5, as the transport senator announced. Until then, the current speed limits will remain in place in any case.