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Residential speed limits lowered to 20 mph in The Woodlands
SPEED LIMITS IN THE WOODLANDS AND VICINITY The new speed limit rule will only apply to county-maintained, residential-facing roads in unincorporated portions of Montgomery County precincts 2 and 3.
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a ect neighborhood roads which have residential properties facing them, according to discussion at the meeting. Before the change, speed limits in neighborhoods across Pre- cinct 3 and parts of Precinct 2 ranged from 25-35 mph. “I’ve got roads that are 30 [mph] and some roads that are 20 [mph] in the same village, and I think this is a way to go clean this up...so it’s less confusing on somebody who’s trying to do tra c control or trying to do patrol in these villages,” Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley said. Montgomery County commission- ers approved the change in a 4-1 vote, with County Judge Mark Keough opposing, and work will begin later this year to replace all speed limit signs in neighborhoods across the township to re ect the change.
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Speed limits on residential facing roads in The Woodlands will now have a speed limit of 20 mph after a July 11 decision by Montgomery County Commissioners Court. What happened: Following a pro- posal from Montgomery County Pre- cinct 3 Commissioner James Noack on June 13, two public hearings were held to discuss creating a uniform speed limit on all residential neigh- borhood roads in unincorporated Precinct 2 and Precinct 3. “My job is to do whatever I can to make this community as safe as possible,” Noack said. “And if you’re inconvenienced by having to take another 15 seconds for every quarter of a mile you drive going 20 miles an hour, then I don’t think that’s asking too much.” The new speed limit will only
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The 20-mph speed limit applies to: • Unincorporated Montgomery County precincts 2 and 3 • County-maintained roads with residential properties facing them The speed limit does not apply to: • Incorporated areas and nonresidential roads • Oak Ridge North and Shenandoah
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come up at The Woodlands Township meetings in July. As the county controls the roads, the township was not involved in the process. “The speed limit change is under
the purview of the commissioner,” The Woodlands Township Chief Operating O cer Chris Nunes said July 26. “If that is the will of the court, that’s what will happen.”
Another view: The topic did not
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