Calls to cut 100km/h speed limit outside school

A 60km /h speed limit was being considered but new government rules have put that process on pause. Tapora School lies just around a blind bend. Photo, Google. A rural school principal is calling for a range of road safety measures outside a school where there are no speed restrictions, meaning traffic can potentially race past at 100km/h. Bex Thompson took over at Tapora School late last year after several years teaching in Warkworth, and said the contrast between the two was not just about roll size. “We are struggling to get our students safely from cars and buses as we have no footpath,” s...