Local Government Alter Speed Limits

Current law requires county and municipal authorities (authorities) to conduct a traffic investigation or survey before increasing or decreasing the speed limits within the authority's jurisdiction. The bill allows the authority to also consider the following factors: Road characteristics; Current and future development; Environmental factors; Parking practices; Pedestrian and bicycle activity in the vicinity; and Crash statistics from the most recent year.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More