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Ordinance No. 954, 1st Reading, Approve a Speed Limit on State Highway 114 from Southlake-Westlake boundary to the Southlake-Grapevine boundary
Establishing Speed Limits
Regulatory speed zone
Application of posted legal speed limits to sections of roadway
numerical values of these special speed limits have been determined through engineering investigations of traffic and physical conditions
by Transportation Commission minute order, city ordinance, or county ordinance
Establishing Speed Limits
Speed limits on Texas highways
set by the 85th percentile method
represents the speed the majority of drivers will be traveling at or below
sound engineering principle by which speed limits have been set on highways nationwide for the past 60 years
Establishing Speed Limits
TxDOT performs the speed studies
Presents recommendations to the city
passage of a city ordinance to establish city speed zones
TxDOT makes effort to secure the cooperation of the city
speed zones of 60 miles per hour or less will be set by city ordinance
Establishing Speed Limits
TxDOT has performed the necessary speed studies
SH 114 Frontage Roads through Southlake
submitted their recommendations for the speed limit ordinance
TxDOT RECOMMENDATION
Westbound frontage road
45 miles per hour (mph)
Eastbound frontage road
50 mph - Dove Road to a point approximately halfway between White Chapel Boulevard and Carroll Avenue
45 mph - from that point east to approximately 0.24 miles west of Gateway
40 mph - 0.24 miles west of Gateway to the east city limits
SH 114 Frontage Roads Speed Zone
SH 114 Frontage Roads Speed Zone
SH 114 Frontage Roads Speed Zone
SH 114 Frontage Roads Speed Zone
SH 114 Frontage Roads Speed Zone
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Ordinance No. 954, 1st Reading, Approve a Speed Limit on State Highway 114 from Southlake-Westlake boundary to the Southlake-Grapevine boundary
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