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Residents press for lower limits and cameras; VDOT explains limits of new speed-limit authority
Summary
During public comment residents urged lower speed limits and camera enforcement in school zones; VDOT's Robert Brown told the Board localities can only lower limits on roads already posted at 25 mph (to 20 or 15) without a traffic study and that the Route 29 school-complex study recommended using an officer to create traffic gaps for buses.
Residents raised road-safety concerns at the Nelson County Board of Supervisors meeting on Aug. 13, urging lower speed limits in populated business areas and asking the county to pursue camera-based speed enforcement in school zones.
Michele Regine, who lives on Route 6, asked that speed limits be reexamined and suggested the Nellysford business area be reduced to 35 mph. William Pearcy urged the Board to issue an RFP to camera vendors (he named Blue Line Solutions and Altumint) for school-zone speed enforcement and…
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