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White County committee approves reduced speed limits on three rural roads
Summary
Committee A approved lowering speed limits: South Fork Road to 25 mph, Jolly Road to 25 mph, and Scottsville Grove Road from 35 to 25; the motion carried by voice vote after park‑ranger and public safety input.
Committee A voted to approve speed‑limit changes for three county roads after members and a park ranger described safety concerns. The motion—moved and seconded—approved lowering South Fork Road to 25 mph, setting Jolly Road to 25 mph, and reducing Scottsville Grove Road from 35 to 25 mph.
A committee member said the request stemmed from park‑ranger outreach and heavy recreational traffic near Virgin Falls and other access points. "One of the park rangers reached out...asking if we could get some signage and reduce it to 25 and that they would help enforce the speed limit," the member said. The chair called the voice vote and the motion carried.
The committee did not provide a written speed‑limit engineering study in the meeting record and relied on signed paperwork having been submitted for the three roads; implementation will follow standard county procedures for changing posted speed limits.
