Stone defends decision to increase speed limits in light of MoT report
VICTORIA — Former B.C. transportation minister Todd Stone maintains there is good news in a Ministry of Transportation report this week that showed an increase in serious collisions on highways where his government increased speed limits four years ago.
As transportation minister under B.C. Liberal premier Christy Clark in 2014, Stone okayed speed limit increases on 33 segments of highway across the province.
Yesterday’s report found an overall 11.2 per cent jump in serious collisions on those 33 sections.
But Stone says about half of those segments actually saw collisions decrease.