Senate slams brakes on speed limit increase for Florida highways

The Senate approved a transportation bill but nixed language increasing highway speed limits with a last-minute amendment.

The legislative package (SB 462) passed on the Senate floor covers a number of issues, including operations of metropolitan planning organizations around the state.

One provision the public would have expected to notice swiftly — pun intended — was language allowing the Florida Department of Transportation to lift speed limits to new heights…

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