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BPAC backs proposal to seek state enabling law for context‑sensitive lower speed limits
Summary
The Commission unanimously voted to forward a recommendation asking the County Executive to pursue state enabling legislation that would allow Frederick County to set context-sensitive speed limits below the current statutory minimum (noted in the discussion as 15 mph).
Commission members voted July 2 to forward a recommendation that Frederick County seek state enabling legislation permitting the County, after engineering review, to set context‑sensitive speed limits lower than the present statutory minimum.
During discussion, Rick Ludwick said that "current state law authorizes speed limits no lower than 15 mph following a traffic engineering investigation," and cited Montgomery County’s 2021 action as a precedent for state-level enabling legislation. Commissioners agreed the idea should be included in the Active Transportation Plan while pursuing legislative channels. Barry Salisbury moved to forward the recommendation to the County Executive and Lib Rood seconded; the motion was recorded as passing 7-0.
The action recorded in the minutes is a referral for legislative consideration; no local change to speed-limit rules was enacted at the meeting.
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