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Northlake police brief council on rules, costs and limits of lowering neighborhood speed limits
Summary
Police explained state law, engineering warrants and reporting requirements for changing local speed limits; staff recommended neighborhood petitions and data collection before ordinances, and council discussed cost-sharing and enforcement implications.
Council heard a detailed briefing on Feb. 12 about how the town can change neighborhood speed limits and when stop signs or signals are warranted. Chief Crawford told the North Lake Town Council that state law sets a prima facie speed of 30 mph when no sign is posted and allows municipalities to adopt 25 mph on two‑lane residential streets without a speed study if an ordinance is enacted and signs are posted. He said higher‑order streets require engineering speed or signal studies and that ‘‘unreasonable or unsafe’’ is not defined in the Transportation Code,…
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