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Council adopts 35 mph school speed zone for new school area
Summary
The council approved an ordinance implementing a school speed‑zone plan that reduces the speed limit to 35 mph in the vicinity of a proposed new school; the ordinance passed on recorded motion and vote.
Council considered and approved an ordinance to implement a speed‑zone plan tied to a new school location. Staff said the plan was prepared using TxDOT guidance and will be adopted by ordinance so TxDOT and school officials can install the necessary signage and signals.
“We're reducing it to 35,” the mayor said as the council moved the ordinance; councilors voted to adopt the change. Staff noted that crash‑reduction and school safety requirements require formal ordinance passage before the county and contractors install signs and pavement markings.
