The City of Winkler is confident municipalities will join their campaign for more autonomy when it comes to setting local speed limits.

Winkler has sponsored a resolution to limit the power of the Highway Traffic Board and instead allow local councils to approve speed reductions.

"We want to take that responsibility on because we believe we know our communities well enough... to make those decisions," Winkler Mayor Martin Harder says.

"I would dare say that resolution will receive 99 percent [approval]."

Harder says other municipal councillors, including those in Winnipeg, have seen local speed reductions denied and felt the frustration.

Winkler city council fought the province's Highway Traffic Board for months before they agreed to lower the speed on 15th St. from 70 km/h to 50 km/h.

As a final frustration, the city can't post the new speed limit until the Highway Traffic Board officially posts the change on their website.

Two months later, the traffic board has yet to make the change.

"How difficult is it? Yeah, we're a little frustrated."

The resolution will be voted upon at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention later this month.

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