Bill Text: GA HR1648 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public safety and transportation commissioners; increase maximum speed limit on parts of Interstate 185; urge
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-26 - House Passed/Adopted [HR1648 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1648-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1648
By:
Representatives Smyre of the
132nd,
Hugley of the
133rd,
Buckner of the
130th,
Smith of the
131st,
and Smith of the
129th
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of transportation to act
jointly to remove the current restriction and increase the maximum speed limit
on Interstate 185 in Columbus-Muscogee County from the current 55 miles per hour
to 65 miles per hour where standard road designs allow such increased speed; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated provides for a maximum speed limit of "Sixty-five miles per
hour on a highway on the federal interstate system which is inside of an
urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is
designated by appropriate signs"; and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Code Section 40-6-182 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the
commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of transportation may act
jointly to determine and declare a different maximum speed limit than that
specified by Code Section 40-6-181; and
WHEREAS,
the maximum speed limit on Interstate 185 passing through Columbus, Georgia, is
currently set at 55 miles per hour, which is less than the maximum speed limit
of 65 miles per hour provided by paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section
40-6-181; and
WHEREAS,
by local resolution number 3-10, the city council of Columbus has requested the
Department of Transportation to consider increasing the maximum speed limit on
Interstate 185 in Columbus-Muscogee County from 55 miles per hour to 65 miles
per hour where standard road designs allow such increased speed.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body urge the commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of
transportation to act jointly to remove the current restriction and increase the
maximum speed limit on Interstate 185 in Columbus-Muscogee County from the
current 55 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour where standard road designs allow
such increased speed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of transportation.
