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Committee advances bill letting Queen Anne’s municipalities set 15 mph limits without traffic study; members seek transparency
Summary
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on April 3 advanced House Bill 12‑36, allowing a Queen Anne’s County municipality to set a 15 mph maximum speed limit without performing an engineering and traffic investigation.
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on April 3 advanced House Bill 12‑36, a measure authorizing a municipality in Queen Anne’s County to lower a maximum speed limit to not less than 15 miles per hour without performing an engineering and traffic investigation.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee the statutory language would allow the municipality to set a lower limit without the engineering study that state law otherwise contemplates. Committee counsel explained that under current law, Transportation Article §21‑803 permits a local authority, on the basis of an engineering and traffic…
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