Last Updated: May 4, 2021 6:30 PM Speed signage posted near Hillcrest School in Owen Sound. (photo by Nathan Shubert) Owen Sound is moving towards dropping the speed limit in school zones to 30 kilometres an hour next year. City council approved an operations committee recommendation at its meeting on Monday to bring forward a by-law to lower the speed limit in school zones from 40 km/h to 30 km/h starting in 2022. A formal by-law still needs to be passed by city council to make the school zone speed reductions in Owen Sound official. Owen Sound’s operations committee conducted a review of speed limits in the community after residents brought up the issue of speeding on city streets on several occasions. The committee reviewed a report on speed limits on residential roads at its April 13 meeting.