Bill > H3127

This bill allows cities and towns to create "recreational safety zones" on roads they control, specifically in areas next to public recreational facilities like parks, playgrounds, or pools. These zones can be established by local governing bodies, such as city councils or boards of selectmen, following their usual procedures for adopting traffic rules. The purpose is to improve safety by allowing local officials to reduce speed limits to a minimum of 20 miles per hour (or lower if it's a school zone), install signals, signs, and restripe roadways. This bill clarifies that these zones do not apply to state highways or major arterial roads, and it amends existing laws to include these new recreational safety zones alongside existing "senior citizen safety zones" and to specify penalties for speeding within them.