Adopt Ordinance Amending Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article III "Operation of Vehicles," Section 22-86 "Speeding," Subsections (h) and (i) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as Amended, to Change the Locations, Extent and Speed Limits of Certain Speed Zones (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)

It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article III "Operation of Vehicles," Section 22-86 "Speeding," Subsections (h) and (i) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2016), as amended, to change the locations, extent and speed limits of certain speed zones.

Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article III "Operation of Vehicles," Section 22-86 "Speeding" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, (City Code) includes speed zone tables for various streets throughout the City.  The City's Transportation and Public Works (TPW) Department routinely reviews the speed limits in the City Code in order to make corrections, additions or amendments, where appropriate.  The City's TPW Department desires to amend the speed zone tables included in the City Code to provide for adjustments as a result of development and to make text, speed limit and block range corrections.  Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 specifies the procedures for establishing speed zones and posted speed limits.  The attached ordinance changes are based upon completed engineering and traffic investigations.  The City's TPW Department recommends amending Section 22-86, Subsections (h) and (i) of the City Code to provide for adjustments as a result of recently completed City roadway projects and traffic studies.

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