Kansas House members are comfortable raising the speed limit on some highways to 70 miles per hour, but they aren't ready to increase it to 80 on interstates.
The House approved a bill on a 106-19 vote Tuesday to allow the state's secretary of transportation to increase the speed limits on non-interstate highways another 5 miles per hour, from the current 65. The measure goes next to the Senate.
The House's action came after it voted 90-24 against a proposal from Republican Rep. John Bradford of Lansing to increase the speed limit on interstates to 80 mph from the current 75.
Bradford noted ...
Kansas House members are comfortable raising the speed limit on some highways to 70 miles per hour, but they aren't ready to increase it to 80 on interstates.
The House approved a bill on a 106-19 vote Tuesday to allow the state's secretary of transportation to increase the speed limits on non-interstate highways another 5 miles per hour, from the current 65. The measure goes next to the Senate.
The House's action came after it voted 90-24 against a proposal from Republican Rep. John Bradford of Lansing to increase the speed limit on interstates to 80 mph from the current 75.
Bradford noted ...