ABC 7 News
By Will Hutchison April 13, 2021
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - An Oklahoma law that was passed in 2019 to allow speed limits on certain interstates and highways to be raised worked as planned in areas across the state, but none of the changes have been made here in southwest Oklahoma. In July of 2020, speed limits were raised on roads across the state. While none of those changes were made in southwest Oklahoma, Representative Daniel Pae says there could be more changes on the way in the future. “They are ongoing studies as far as we’ll get more data from the speed limit increases that have occurred the last few months, if those are OK, we’ll advance to other parts of the system. The intent of the bill was to be gradual to make sure we do this in the safest way possible for drivers’ sake,” Pae said. Pae said those studies focused on things like traffic history, quality of roads and overall safety. He and others are also working on another bill this year, House Bill 1788, that would impact turnpikes, potentially helping raise the speed limit on I-44 between Lawton and Oklahoma City.
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