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Bill would let Montana counties set 25 mph speed limits in defined "urban districts"
Summary
Senator Will Street introduced Senate Bill 428 to allow county governments to reduce speed limits to 25 mph in areas meeting a state definition of "urban district." The Montana Department of Transportation offered engineering context and said it had no objection; no committee vote was taken.
Senator Will Street introduced Senate Bill 428 on behalf of the sponsor, saying the bill would allow county governments to lower speed limits to 25 miles per hour in defined "urban districts." He told the House Transportation Committee the change responds to constituent requests and that current law limits counties to 35 mph.
The bill defines an "urban district" for this purpose as an area where businesses or houses are situated at intervals of 100 feet or less for a distance of one quarter mile or more. “All I’m asking in this bill is you to push the bill forward to allow county governments to reduce the speed limit in urban districts to 25 miles an hour,” Senator Street said during opening…
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