Post by Logan on Jun 7, 2016 18:28:16 GMT -6
The state transportation department said Tuesday it was rolling back recent speed limit increases on some highways, including a stretch where a Madras woman and her three children were killed in crash last month.
The state raised speed limits in March on eight eastern Oregon highways from 55 to 65 mph, and to 60 mph for trucks. They include stretches: U.S. 20, U.S. 26, U.S. 97, U.S. 197, U.S. 395, Oregon 31, Oregon 78 and Oregon 205.
But those increases will be rolled back on four stretches:
The state raised speed limits in March on eight eastern Oregon highways from 55 to 65 mph, and to 60 mph for trucks. They include stretches: U.S. 20, U.S. 26, U.S. 97, U.S. 197, U.S. 395, Oregon 31, Oregon 78 and Oregon 205.
But those increases will be rolled back on four stretches:
- 16.5 miles of U.S. 97 from Madras to Terrebonne
- A mile of U.S. 97 at the La Pine south city limit
- 6 miles of U.S. 20 from the Bend east city limit to Dodds Road
- 11.5 miles of U.S. 20 from Vale to Cairo Junction.