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Aucklanders will be able to have their say on a proposal to lower the speed limit on 10 per cent of the city's roads.Reducing speed limits will help towards ending Auckland's "road safety crisis".Auckland Transport is proposing to drop speeds on the majority of the streets in the central city from 50km/h to 30km/h.Chief executive Shane Ellison said safety was the primary concern for them."In 2017, over 800 people were killed or seriously injured on Auckland's roads. These are real people and the human cost of these tragedies are real as well."The proposed bylaw will be put out for public consultation from Thursday, February 28 until March 31 and could be in place by August.Hundreds of streets are on the list and the majority are in or around Auckland's CBD, including Wynyard Quarter and surrounding areas such as Freemans Bay and St Heliers.AT chairman Dr Lester Levy says lowering speeds is one of the quickest and most effective tools the organisation has to reduce road trauma."Auckland is facing a road safety