TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Speed limit changes take e ect in Sugar Land As of late July, eight sections of
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40 mph from First Colony Boulevard to University Boulevard. On Lexing- ton Boulevard from Dulles Avenue to Sweetwater Boulevard, the speed limit was increased to 40 mph. Lastly, Industrial Boulevard’s speed limit was increased to 40 mph from Jes Pirtle to Hwy. 90A.
While Sugar Land City Council o cially approved the changes to the eight roadways in the city’s code of ordinances during the June meet- ing, city o cials said the new speed limits did not go into e ect until the signs were o cially installed on the roadways in July.
Sugar Land roadway have new speed limits after Sugar Land City Council approved speed limit changes to the roads at its June 21 meeting. The speed limit alterations were a response to a speed zone study conducted for the city by Alliance Transportation Group Inc., according to city documents from the meeting. Since the signs were installed, Williams Trace Boulevard’s speed limit, from Austin Parkway to Hwy. 59, has been reduced to 35 mph. Similarly, Alston Road’s speed limit was reduced to 30 mph to adhere to the Barrington Place Elementary School zone. From Lexington Boulevard to Hwy. 6, Dulles Avenue’s speed limit has been reduced to 35 mph. New Territory Boulevard’s speed limit, from Wescott Avenue to Sugar Land city limits, was reduced to 35 mph. Conversely, Meadowcroft Boule- vard’s speed limit was increased to
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SPEED CONTROL Sugar Land City Council altered the speed limits of several sections of city roadways.
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