The weather-activated road signs on State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Range have received a road safety award.
The New Zealand Transport Agency project, aimed at reducing the number and the severity of crashes on SH29, received the country's premier road safety award for exemplary innovation and effectiveness to save lives and injuries on roads.
Project manager and Tauranga resident Angela Crean accepted the 3M Traffic Safety Innovation Award for 2016 last night as part of the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ) Transportation Group's annual conference at the Maritime Museum in Auckland.
The weather-activated road signs with adjustable speed limits went live in November last year and are the first in New Zealand.
![Associate Minister of Transport Hon Craig Foss, NZTA project manager Angela Crean and 3M NZ Ltd Michael Holderness. Photo/supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/M6FLBZVYNSGFZTOKK2JBZ24ZKQ.jpg?auth=2e085e3d27d07c4400e1138cbedad6a3bb8d76933d504209c91ce1a5de4f00ce&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)