The Le Mars city council formally approved lowering speed limits on Highway 3 west during the council’s regular meeting yesterday afternoon, following a public hearing held two weeks ago.
The Iowa Department of Transportation offered recommended changes to the city’s Public Safety Committee upon request, with discussion centered around reducing the speed past the baseball fields and Parkview Terrace. The changes include reducing the limit past Parkview Terrace from 55 mph going west and 50 mph going east to 45 mph both ways, and then the limit past the ballfields from 50 mph going west and 40 mph going east to 45 mph going west and 35 mph going east. The speed limit on 5th Ave NW would similarly be reduced by 5 mph, while leaving limits past 3rd Ave NE unchanged.
The proposed ordinance passed unanimously, with the limits set to take effect when the Iowa Department of Transportation installs new signs.
