Ministry of Transport increased speed limit on main roads

Although the speed limits were raised by 10 km/h, the Ministry of Transport has coordinated with the Israel Police to enforce the speed limits beginning at only 10% above the limit
 
Speed limits went up last week in Israel on a number of main roads. The Ministry of Transport announced new guidelines which raise the speed limit on major highways: Road 2 (the Coastal Highway), Road 4 (Geha), and Road 431 (between the city of Modi'in and Rishon LeZion).
 
The speed limit on part of Road 1 (the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway) and Road 77 (between Ishai Junction and Tiberias in the Galilee) will be raised soon.
 
On the coastal road, Route 2, the limit was raised to 100 kph from 90 kph from the Givat Olga Interchange to Haifa’s southern entrance. 
 
The speed limit on Road 4 between Ashdod and Rishon LeZion, and Road 431 between Aneva Interchange and Ness Zion, was raised to 110 km/h. The speed limit on Road 77 will also be raised to 100 km/h. The speed limit on Road 1 will be raised to 110 km/h between the Latrun Interchange and the confluence with Road 6 (the Cross-Israel Highway) near Ben Shemen.
 
In parallel to the increase in speed limits on certain main roads, the Ministry reduced the speed limit in other places.
 
On Tel Aviv’s Namir Boulevard, the limit will be reduced from 80 kph to 70 kph, on Be’er Sheva’s Ben-Gurion Boulevard it will drop from 60 kph to 50 kph, and on Tel Aviv’s Basel Street it will drop from 50 kph to only 30 kph.
 
Although the speed limits were raised by 10 km/h, the Ministry of Transport has coordinated with the Israel Police to enforce the speed limits beginning at only 10% above the limit.
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz told ministry officials to closely monitor the effects of the changes and make recommendations as needed.
 
Katz said that “The Israeli road network has advanced and the speed limits on the roads must reflect the level of safety and service the road provides.”