WINNIPEG — While Ontario and Quebec seriously consider limiting the speed of all trucks in those provinces to 105 km/h, Manitoba is considering raising vehicle speed limits in a handful of areas of the province.

After a year of studying the proposal, the Manitoba government says it will raise the highway speed limit from 100 km/h to 110 km/h only on certain sections of Hwy 1 west of Winnipeg and much of Hwy 75 south of the city, according to Canadian Press.

Other stretches of road, including the Trans-Canada Highway and the perimeter road around the city, won’t get higher limits for at least another year or more because of concerns over infrastructure items such as narrow shoulders, says CP.

The Manitoba Highway Traffic Board is expected to hold public hearings in the spring and the new limit could be in place by fall.

The move is to bring speeds more in line with major highway stretches in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The Manitoba Trucking Association — which under the umbrella of the Canadian Trucking Alliance, has been lobbying for speed limiter legislation for commercial trucks — has argued against the change, however.

Quebec recently became the first province to pass a bill containing a speed limiter rule. But government officials assured that the specific provision wouldn’t come into effect until other jurisdictions followed suit.

In Ontario, where the Ontario Trucking Association first proposed limiting trucks to 105 km/h, Transport Minister Jim Bradley is said to be working on tabling similar legislation.

— with files from Canadian Press