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Show lower Speed Changes Will Cost Utah Money I CtunTi I't-ih's hih-l hih-l jo signs to a low o r speed i s-iii could cost oer $125.1)00 aeeordini; to Oa-' Oa-' id I.. Kennison, Chief Traffic l'n;ineer for the Hiatus a lH'partinent. Mr. Kennison has been ealu-atiiis" ealu-atiiis" alternate methods available for chainjini; speed limits in the e -e:U it beeomes necessary to restrict traffic to ;0 ; miles per hour. ' A Unit 2.02:2 sii,-nsintho state post speeds in e- cess of 50 miles per hour. I To replace these with si- milar si.cns would cost an estini.ited$12j.2;Ui.S0. For half that cost or $t?l .576. OS. new reflec- toried oeiias could be placed on the existing s i c n s . Mr. Kennison pointed mil that if other states make similar changes demand for re- fi ec tori ed m a t e r i a 1 would be hih and could delay deli ery for se eral J months. e The fastest and least J expensive method to re- dace speed limits would f be to post appropriate no- tices at all entrances to t the state advising motor-t motor-t ists iif a minimum state- wide speed limit of 50 m.p.h. and instructini: them to disregard all sijjns permitting speeds in excess of that limit. This solution, however, poses some leial questions ques-tions which may have to be answered by the Attorney At-torney Ceneral's Office reai'dini; Highway Department De-partment responsibility to provide regulatory siicnini;. |