The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) here is gearing up for the implementation of the new speed limit ordinance on Jan. 11 next year.

CTTMO chief Dionisio Abude said a monthlong information drive will be undertaken from Dec. 11 to Jan. 10, 2024 for City Ordinance 0270-23 or the Speed Limit Ordinance.

“We will begin installing signages in 32 identified locations, and we will also be giving out flyers containing information on the new speed limit,” Abude said in a statement.

Abude said pavement markings will also be painted on city roads to indicate changes in designated speed limits.

Abude assured the new speed limit ordinance will take full effect only after all signage and pavement markings are in place.

Under the new policy, the stretch of Bunawan-Lasang, Lacson-Buda, and Carabao Monument in Toril-Binugao in Sta Cruz will have an 80 kph (kilometers per hour) speed limit for light vehicles and 50 kph for trucks.

A speed limit of 60 kph will be imposed on designated major roads such as from Ulas Crossing to Carabao Monument Waypark, Crossing Panacan-Bunawan Crossing, and within the Davao City Coastal Road.

A speed limit of 30 kph will be followed in all feeder/minor roads branching out of the major roads.

Tourist streets will have a 40 kph limit and 30 kph for trucks.

A speed limit of 20 kph shall be followed in all public subdivision roads, barangay roads, and school zones.

Maj. Dexter Domingo, head of the Traffic Enforcement Unit, said four-speed cameras will be used in enforcing the ordinance.

“The local government has already given us around four-speed guns that we utilize during our operations,” he added. (PNA)