County forwards speed-limit reduction request on South Old State Road to ODOT

The Engineer's Office presented a request to seek a permanent speed-limit reduction on South Old State Road (County Road 10) between Orange Road and Lewis Center, proposing a reduction from 55 mph to 45 mph. The staff representative explained that the county compiles traffic counts and other data and forwards the package to the Ohio Department of Transportation, which makes the final decision: "We have to send it to ODOT, who then makes the final approval...we don't have jurisdictional authority to actually reduce the speed limit without their approval."