00:02It's costing more than a hundred million dollars and six years after the first tender
00:07was released, major construction work is finally underway to duplicate William Hovel Drive.
00:16The speed limit has been slashed from 90 kilometres an hour to 60 for the entire four and a half
00:23kilometre work zone.
00:24I do appreciate that there can be some road work fatigue for Canberrans because there
00:29always seems to be road work going on in Canberra but the main thing is that we're trying
00:32to keep it safe for everyone.
00:34Police and the government have pledged to ramp up enforcement to stop risky driving.
00:40Over the 4.5 kilometre stretch you're only losing 90 seconds of your day reducing from
00:4690 to 60 kilometres an hour so it's not a big part of your day.
00:49Reduced speed limits around road works in the ACT are in place 24-7 but across the border
00:56the NSW Government this month removed them outside construction hours.
01:02It's a sensible common sense approach particularly when you've got extensive road works over a
01:09long period of time.
01:10The NRMA is urging the ACT to go down the same road.
01:15The ACT Government is just looking to see how the approach goes in NSW and we may look
01:21at changing our processes.
01:23Until then the message to motorists is blunt.
01:27No one's going to care if you're a minute and a half late to something.
01:29They're absolutely going to care if you don't make it to your destination or you don't get
01:34to your destination because you've caused someone else to have a collision.
01:36Construction on William Hovel Drive is expected to be completed in 2029.
01:41It's never going to be completed in 2029.
01:44It's never going to care if he wants to know.
01:46It's never going to be completed in 2029.
01:48You
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