County Lowers Speed Limits
Drivers take heed! After Deputy Sheriff Keith Burnett discussed heavy traffic (especially trucks), high speeds and narrow roads at the Glasscock County Commissioners Court meeting Jan. 8, the court voted to lower the speed limit for all vehicles on all county roads to 55 miles per hour. Speed limit signs are being ordered.
Currently, most county roads have no speed limits posted, and the county has relied on state law that sets the speed limit at 60 mph where no other limit is posted. Burnett said having limits posted would make enforcement easier, and the court decided on the 55 mph limit. Burnett said traffic on some roads has gotten especially heavy, largely due to increased oil patch activity. He cited county roads 110, 125, 150 and 180 as being the heaviest traveled.
County Judge Wilburn Bednar reported that TxDot has agreed to transfer 300 cubic yards of aggregate (highway material) to the county. The material is located some two miles west of the Sterling-Glasscock county line on State Highway 158. The county will load and transport the aggregate.
Bednar presented an agreement with a state health agency for the court’s approval, but it was tabled until he finds out more about it. The agreement addresses state aid in case of a pandemic.