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.)

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