Voters prevent Zurich from imposing 30km/h speed limit on main roads

The cities of Zurich and Winterthur have lost the right to introduce 30km/h speed limits on their main roads. The citizens of the canton decided in Sunday's polls to abolish this prerogative. They also approved the doubling of funds to support housing construction. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The canton's electorate voted 56.77% in favour of a change to the law that prohibits lowering the speed limit to 30km/h on main, cantonal and inter-municipal roads, with temporary exceptions limited to short stretches. Only the cities of Zurich and Winterthur, which are affected by this proposal, rejected the text on Sunday. Voter turnout was 46.6%. Offensive against the two major cities The amendment to the law originated in a parliamentary initiative by the centre-right Radical-Liberals and the right-wing Swiss People's Party. Approved by a narrow margin, it was countered by a referendum from the minority in the legislature and another from the authorities of ...