A Texas highway will get a lower speed limit in the coming days, following an announcement by the Texas Department of Transportation on Friday, August 21, over safety concerns in the area.
TxDOT officials took to social media to announce beginning Tuesday, August 25, “As part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s ongoing efforts to enhance safety,” they will be lowering the speed limit of the coastal portion of SH 361. “The speed limit will be reduced from 60 mph to 50 mph between Park Road 22 and a point just south of Beach Access Road 1A in Port Aranas, beginning Tuesday Aug. 25,” officials said in the post. “Electronic message boards throughout the corridor will notify motorists of the upcoming change. Once the new speed limit takes effect, the boards will remind drivers of the 50 mph speed limit.”
The announcement follows a post made by TxDOT officials on Thursday, August 20, they would be taking “suggestions from the public on ways to improve safety on the section of SH 361 between Corpus Christi and Port Aransas.”…