Speed limit increase blasts through final Senate committee stop

A transportation bill that could boost Florida’s speed limits blasted through its final committee stop in the Senate. Now, Sen. Nick DiCeglie will steer legislation to a final vote on the floor.

While provisions are numerous, the most notable feature of DiCeglie’s legislation calls for the maximum speed limit on limited access highways to jump from 70 mph to 75 mph. For other highways outside urban areas, meaning those with populations of 5,000 or more, the speed limit would ramp up from 65 mph to 70 mph, so long as there was a median strip dividing the lanes of traffic.

– Jacob Ogles, Florida Politics