I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To request the Maine Department of Transportation to review the speed limit on William Knight Road which runs from Route 302 to Varney Mill Road; specifically, to consider lowering the speed limit from the currently posted 45 MPH.
Body
II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a) By 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2073 the authority to regulate speed limits on public ways is reserved to the State of Maine through the Commissioner of Transportation and the Chief of the State Police;
b) Municipalities may make requests to set or change speed limits;
c) The Maine Department of Transportation requires the concurrence of the municipal officers in any such request; and
d) Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter "[t]he Town Council, hereinafter called the 'Council', shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town."
III. Issue Summary.
Please find the attached memo from Windham Police Chief Kevin Schofield.