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Committee backs compromise letting local authorities lower speed limits on unpaved roads to 35 mph without study
Summary
After extended debate, the joint committee replaced previous amendments with a compromise allowing local authorities to permanently or temporarily lower maximum speed limits on unpaved roads to no less than 35 mph without conducting a speed study; the change passed by voice vote.
A joint committee voted to replace pending amendments and approve language that allows local authorities to permanently or temporarily decrease maximum speed limits on unpaved roadways to not less than 35 miles per hour without first conducting a speed study.
The change is intended to give county governments more flexibility to respond to local safety concerns — for example, speed reductions near new subdivisions or during periods of heavy truck traffic — while setting a statutory floor to avoid arbitrary, very low limits that some legislators warned could create unsafe conditions.
Jonathan Russell of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association…
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