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Safety committee to request ODOT set consistent 45 mph limit on Echo Junction Road
Summary
City engineering staff told the safety committee that Perrysburg Township asked ODOT to lower its section of Echo Junction Road to 45 mph. To remove motorist confusion and simplify enforcement, staff recommended raising the city's 35 mph section to 45 mph; the committee voted to proceed with a resolution to ODOT.
Brian Thomas of the city's engineering division told the safety committee a recent resident complaint prompted a review of Echo Junction Road between Carriage (Carinade) and Thompson. The corridor crosses city and township jurisdiction lines; the township recently voted to ask the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to lower its portion from 55 mph to 45 mph.
Thomas said the city's portion is currently posted at 35 mph under local statutory limits and that the split jurisdiction is confusing for motorists and law enforcement. "Where you have the split where one lane's in the city and one…
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