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Roseville Public Works, Environment and <br />Transportation Commission <br />Agenda Item <br />Date: September 27, 2022 <br />Item Description: City Roadway Speed Limits <br />Item No: 5 <br />Background: <br />In 2019, a new bill was enacted modifying state statutes for speed limits. The new provision for <br />establishing speed limits reads as follows: <br />Chapter 169.14 Subdivision 5h. Speed limits on city streets. <br />A city may establish speed limits for city streets under the city's jurisdiction other than the <br />limits provided in subdivision 2 without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation. <br />This subdivision does not apply to town roads, county highways, or trunk highways in the city. <br />A city that establishes speed limits pursuant to this section must implement speed limit changes <br />in a consistent and understandable manner. The city must erect appropriate signs to display <br />the speed limit. A city that uses the authority under this subdivision must develop procedures to <br />set speed limits based on the city's safety, engineering, and traffic analysis. At a minimum, the <br />safety, engineering, and traffic analysis must consider national urban speed limit guidance and <br />studies, local traffic crashes, and methods to effectively communicate the change to the public. <br />Since 2019, cities have generally been slowly enacting local speed limits on their roadways. <br />St. Paul and Minneapolis are the most publicized cities to make a change; both cities opting for a <br />20 mph speed limit on local roadways and 25 mph on higher volume collectors and arterials. <br />Many other cities have implemented local speed limits. Most of those cities have opted to enact a <br />25 mph speed limit on local roadways, Edina being a recent example. Most Ramsey County cities <br />are still considering their options, but some cities have acted. Here is a snapshot of the current state <br />of speed limits for Cities in Ramsey County: <br />Arden Hills: Formal approval to transition to citywide 25 mph speed limit will be considered <br />by the City Council on October 24 with effective date TBD, likely January <br />2023. This will apply to ALL city streets. <br />Falcon Heights: 20 mph on all local streets except border streets. <br />Lauderdale: No action <br />