Bill > H3069

This bill authorizes cities and towns to establish "recreational safety zones," which are designated areas adjacent to public recreational facilities like parks, playgrounds, or pools, where local authorities can reduce vehicle speed limits to a minimum of 20 miles per hour or lower if a school zone has a lower limit, and install appropriate traffic control measures such as signals and signs. These zones can be established by various local governing bodies, following procedures outlined in their municipal charters or local laws, and the state traffic engineer must be notified of their creation and any speed reductions on local roadways. Importantly, these zones will not apply to state highways or major arterial roads. The bill also amends existing laws to include these recreational safety zones alongside senior citizen safety zones and to specify that exceeding 20 miles per hour within such a zone is a violation.