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Speed
limit increasing for truckers in Illinois
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[December 07, 2009]
SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- The Illinois
Department of Transportation says that early next year it will
remove 55 mph speed-limit signs aimed at truckers along rural
interstates, as the speed limit for trucks that weigh more than 4
tons increases to 65 mph.
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 Transportation Department spokeswoman Paris Ervin says workers will
begin removing and modifying the signs the week of Jan. 4. Ervin
says the effort should cost about $75,000. The 55 mph signs need to
be removed on about 1,800 miles of Illinois roads.Enforcement of
the new speed limit for truckers starts Jan. 1. The Illinois State
Police says that to avoid confusion, it asked the state
transportation department to wait to change the speed limit signs
until after that date.
[Associated Press]
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