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Council advances ordinances to lower speed limits on Highway 62, FM 3247 and create a school zone
Summary
The council gave initial approval to ordinances to reduce posted speeds on sections of State Highway 62 and FM 3247 and to designate a 35 mph school zone near Community Church; the measures are first readings and were presented in cooperation with TxDOT and based on traffic studies.
Orange ' The Orange City Council on Aug. 12 advanced three ordinances in their first reading that would lower posted speeds on state-maintained roadways and establish a school-zone speed limit.
Adam Jack, a city staff member working on traffic and public-works matters, presented the measures, saying they were coordinated with the Texas Department of Transportation and were based on traffic studies. "The northern section [of State Highway 62] was reduced from 75 miles an hour to 65 miles an hour," Jack said, describing the…
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