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First reading approved for county ordinance lowering speed limits on many local roads
Summary
Simpson County Fiscal Court approved first reading of Ordinance No. 530.61 to reduce posted speeds on dozens of local streets and sections of Kenny Perry Drive, listing specific roads and new speed limits in the minutes.
Simpson County Fiscal Court approved first reading of Ordinance No. 530.61, which lowers speed limits on a number of county roads.
The ordinance, as recorded in the minutes, prescribes 20 mph limits on Coomes Lane, Groves Lane, Groves Road, Skerritt Street and Westfield Lane; 25 mph on numerous residential streets (for example, Autumn Lane, Cambridge Station Road, Creekwood Drive, Crestview Drive, Joe Leslie Farmer Road, among others); 35 mph on a 3,700-foot segment of Kenny Perry Drive; and 45 mph on a 5,978-foot segment of Kenny Perry Drive and on Craft Road, Hack Brown Road and Johns Loop Road. Magistrate Marty Chandler moved for first reading and Magistrate Scott Poston seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
The minutes list the affected roads in full; the record does not include a map, engineering study, or an effective date for the new limits. The ordinance remains at first reading pending subsequent statutory steps required for adoption.
