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Item 7AItem 7A 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 Questions?