Limits will be reduced to 40 kilometres an hour in Stanley Park, Huron Park and Doon South

The City of Kitchener voted in favour of a safety initiative this morning, its goal is to make city streets slower and safer.

At the council meeting, the pilot project was slightly revised according to Mayor Berry Vrbanovic.

"The pilot was approved as phase one of our initiative, indicating that whatever happens with the pilot is only the first phase of our efforts to slow down our streets and make them safer."

The total cost of the project is estimated to be just under $36,000.

New sign installation is slated to begin this fall.

Those signs will be installed on roads in the selected area of Stanley Park, Doon South, and Huron Park, excluding any regional roads in those areas.

The speed limit will be reduced to 40 kilometres an hour.

The project will also be lowering speeds in school zones of those areas to 30 km/hr.