138339 Reducing Speed Limit from 30 to 25 mph on Blagden Ave, NW

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

                                          NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

                                             DOCKET NUMBER 09-24-IPMA 

 

The Director of the Department of Transportation, pursuant to the authority in sections 3, 5(3), and 6 of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.02, 50-921.04(3) and 50-921.05), and sections 6(a)(1), 6(a)(6) and 6(b) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code § 50-2201.03(a)(1), (a)(6) and (b)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following amendment to Chapter 40 of the Vehicle and Traffic Regulations (18 DCMR).   The rulemaking reduces the speed limit from 30 to 25 miles per hour (mph) on Blagden Avenue, N.W., between 16^th and Allison Streets, N.W., in both directions of travel.  This is accomplished by removing this location from the list of locations in Section 4011 of Chapter 40, where the speed limit is 30 mph.  The maximum speed limit then becomes 25 mph in accordance with Section 2200.6 of Chapter 22.

 

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) was published on November 20, 2009 (56 DCR 8989).  No comments were received on this Notice. 

 

These final rules will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Title 18 DCMR, Section 4011, SPEED LIMITS, Subsection 4011.2 is amended as follows: 

 

4011.2             No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than thirty miles per hour (30 mph) on the streets listed in this subsection.

           

                        [See 18 DCMR 4000.3.]