Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that he “adamantly” opposes raising speed limits in Ohio, throwing a potential wrench into legislative efforts to raise speed limits on many highways around the state.
Last week, state senators added language to the state’s two-year transportation budget bill that would raise speed limits on highways with a 55-mile-per-hour limit to 60 mph. In addition, cities or townships would be able to ask the Ohio Department of Transportation to raise the speed limit to 65 mph for state routes with a current speed limit of 60 mph. The ODOT director could grant such requests if an engineering study determines that such an increase would be safe.
As the transportation budget would appropriate money , DeWine could issue a line-item veto striking the speed limit change from the bill unless a supermajority of lawmakers override the veto. The Senate Transportation Committee is set to make a final round of changes to the transportation budget legislation, House Bill 23, on Wednesday; the full Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill on Thursday.without speed limit changes – disagrees with the Senate’s changes, a conference committee of representatives and senators would be created to hash out a final compromise bill to send to DeWine’s desk. The budget must pass by the end of March.
Senate Transportation Committee Chair Stephanie Kunze, a Columbus-area Republican, told reporters last week that committee members wanted to hear what the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio Department of Public Safety, and others think about a speed-limit increase before deciding whether to pass it.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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