The Ontario government will consider lowering speed limits across the province in an attempt to improve safety for pedestrians, motorists and cyclists.

The Highway Traffic Act currently sets the residential speed limit at 50 km/h “in cities, towns, villages and built-up areas,” however a report in the Toronto Star says that the Liberal government is considering lowering the limit to 40 km/h, allowing municipalities to set a default limit of either 50 km/h or 40 km/h within their boundaries or allowing municipalities to set their own speed limits altogether.

In fact, in 2012 Toronto's medical officer of health Dr. David McKeown released a report proposing a 30 km/h speed limit on residential streets and a citywide speed limit of 40 km/h on all other streets, however former mayor Rob Ford dismissed the plan as “nuts” at the time.

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