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Dayton
Business Journal
Ohio
identifies new 70 mph speed
zones
The
Ohio Department of
Transportation unveiled a map identifying interstate highway locations
where
motorists will be legally permitted to drive 70 miles per hour
beginning this
summer.
The
new designations follow
recently passed legislation permitting speeds to increase from 65 to 70
mph on
certain sections of interstate highways. H.B. 51 – the state’s
transportation
budget bill, which goes into effect on July 1, 2013 – increased speeds
to 70
miles per hour on interstates that are “outside urbanized areas.”
The
70 mph speed limit is not new
to Ohio. Motorists are already legally permitted to drive 70 miles per
hour on
all 241 miles of the Ohio Turnpike. And according to the Insurance
Institute
for Highway Safety, 34 other states in the nation have some posted
speed limits
of 70 miles per hour or higher including Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky
and West
Virginia.
ODOT
is making 317 new signs to
comply with the legislation and to alert motorists to the increased
speed at a
total cost of $8,287.19. The signs are expected to be in place and
revealed on
July 1.
The
new law increases the speed on
570 miles out of 1,332 miles of interstate highways in Ohio. The exact
location
of the speed increases are…
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