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By Marilyn Miller
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 10:22 p.m. EST, Nov 17, 2009
Motorists along Interstate 77 near White Pond Drive and Cleveland-Massillon Road may soon have one less spot to worry about their speed.
The 55 mph stretch has officially been changed to 65 mph.
The mayor of Fairlawn, along with the city's law director and president of council, have signed a resolution passed by City Council on Monday to change the speed limit.
Drivers who travel through Fairlawn frequently had to tap or slam their brakes when they reached the stretch on I-77 from Vernon Odom Boulevard to Cleveland-Massillon Road because of the lower speed limit.
Fairlawn City Council was the last to sign off on the increased speed limit. The State Highway Patrol agreed to the change Oct. 20 and Akron approved it Nov. 9.
''I think it's been 55 mph since the 1970s,'' said Mayor Bill Roth. ''But since the widening of I-77 to three lanes, we needed to make it consistent with today's traffic patterns and to match the speed limit of the surrounding communities.''
The Ohio Department of Transportation asked for the change July 6, saying the additional lanes relieve traffic congestion. ODOT described the 55 mph speed limit as ''less than what is considered reasonable and safe.''
ODOT spokesperson Justin Chesnic said seven or eight new speed limit signs have already been ordered.
''As soon as the traffic engineer receives Fairlawn's resolution, the new signs could go up in a matter of days or in a couple of weeks.''
Marilyn Miller can be reached at 330-996-3098 or mmiller@thebeaconjournal.com.
Motorists along Interstate 77 near White Pond Drive and Cleveland-Massillon Road may soon have one less spot to worry about their speed.
The 55 mph stretch has officially been changed to 65 mph.
The mayor of Fairlawn, along with the city's law director and president of council, have signed a resolution passed by City Council on Monday to change the speed limit.
Drivers who travel through Fairlawn frequently had to tap or slam their brakes when they reached the stretch on I-77 from Vernon Odom Boulevard to Cleveland-Massillon Road because of the lower speed limit.
Fairlawn City Council was the last to sign off on the increased speed limit. The State Highway Patrol agreed to the change Oct. 20 and Akron approved it Nov. 9.
''I think it's been 55 mph since the 1970s,'' said Mayor Bill Roth. ''But since the widening of I-77 to three lanes, we needed to make it consistent with today's traffic patterns and to match the speed limit of the surrounding communities.''
The Ohio Department of Transportation asked for the change July 6, saying the additional lanes relieve traffic congestion. ODOT described the 55 mph speed limit as ''less than what is considered reasonable and safe.''
ODOT spokesperson Justin Chesnic said seven or eight new speed limit signs have already been ordered.
''As soon as the traffic engineer receives Fairlawn's resolution, the new signs could go up in a matter of days or in a couple of weeks.''
Marilyn Miller can be reached at 330-996-3098 or mmiller@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Akron, OH
Posted 11:37 PM, 11/17/2009
Halle-effin-lujah! I don't go through there very often, but when I do that 55 MPH nonsense really was annoying!
Akron, Oh
Posted 07:27 AM, 11/18/2009
Yeah it is about time, except for the fact that only a month or two ago the Ohio State Patrol set up traps specifically to take advantage ... I'm certain a large number of folks are very upset after paying those tickets knowing that...while they're at it ....what be safer/better is to start ticketing those LLH ...
Plymouth, MI
Posted 08:07 PM, 11/22/2009
This is a joke. The speed limits on Ohio freeways used to be 70mph prior to the start of the 55mph nonsense in 1974. Why haven't Ohio freeway speed limits returned to pre-55 levels? Revenue generation?
