Provided by Texas Department of Transportation
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has begun
work to remove the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and all truck speed
limit signs on Lubbock District roadways.
House Bill 1353, which took effect on September 1,
eliminated the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and all truck speed
limits on Texas roadways. TxDOT awarded maintenance contracts in August for the
removal of the signs.
"This week, contractors began removing 950 nighttime and
1050 truck and truck nighttime speed signs in the Lubbock District's 17 county
area," said Doug Eichorst, P.E., Lubbock District Engineer. "This should be a
relatively fast moving operation and we anticipate that it will take approximately
four weeks to remove all the signs in our district."
Work crews began the sign removals in the district's
northern counties (Hale, Swisher and Castro) and will work their way south.
Motorists are asked to drive with caution through the various work zones, be on
the lookout for workers and avoid distractions for their own safety and the
safety of the workers, Eichorst added.
HB 1353 legislation has also allowed TxDOT to create a
75-mile per hour speed limit on any state highway found to be reasonable and
safe through a speed study. TxDOT will be reviewing existing 70-mile per hour
speed limits to determine where a 75-mile per hour speed limit may be safely posted.
The complete evaluation of the state highway system and posting of all new
75-mile per hour speed limits should be complete by early 2013.
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