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Minnesota Statutes 2002, 169.14 rage <br /> <br />be unlawful, A copy of the resolution shall be transmitted to <br />the commissioner at least ten days prior to the erection of the <br />signs. <br /> <br /> Subd. 5c. Speed zoning in alleyway. Local <br />authorities may regulate speed limits for alleyways as defined <br />in section 169.01 based on their own engineering and traffic <br />investigations. Alleyway speed limits established at other than <br />ten miles per hour shall be effective when proper signs are <br />posted. <br /> <br /> Subd. Sd. Speed zoning in work zone; surcharge. (a) <br />The commissioner, on trunk highways and temporary trunk <br />highways, and local authorities, on streets and highways under <br />their jurisdiction, may authorize the use of reduced maximum <br />speed limits in highway work zones. The commissioner or local <br />authority is not required to conduct an engineering and traffic <br />investigation before authorizing a reduced speed limit in a <br />highway work zone. <br /> <br /> (b) The minimum highway work zone speed limit is 20 miles <br />per hour. The work zone speed limit must not reduce the <br />established speed limit on the affected street or highway by <br />more than 15 miles per hour, except that the highway work zone <br />speed limit must not exceed 40 miles per hour. The commissioner <br />or local authority shall post the limits of the work zone. <br />Highway work zone speed limits are effective on erection of <br />appropriate regulatory speed limit signs. The signs must be <br />removed or covered when they are not required. A speed greater <br />than the posted highway work zone speed limit is unlawful. <br /> <br /> (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), on divided highways the <br />commissioner or local authority may establish a highway work <br />zone speed limit that does no~ exceed 55 miles per hour. <br /> <br /> (d) For purposes of this subdivision, "highway work zone" <br />means a segment of highway or street where a road authority or <br />its agent is constructing, reconstructing, or maintaining the <br />physical structure of the roadway, its shoulders, or features <br />adjacent to the roadway, including underground and overhead <br />utilities and highway appurtenances, when workers are present. <br /> <br /> (e) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other_ <br />law to the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit <br />established under paragraph (b) or (c), or who violates any <br />other provision of this section while in a highway work zone, is <br />assessed an additional surcharge equal to the amount of the fine <br />imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25. <br /> <br /> Subd. Se. Speed limit on park road. The political <br /> subdivision with authority over a park may establish a speed <br /> limit on a road located within the park. A speed limit <br /> established under this subdivision on a trunk highway is <br /> effective only with the commissioner's approval. A speed limit <br /> established under this subdivision must be based on an <br /> engineering and traffic investigation prescribed by the <br /> commissioner of transportation and must not be lower than 20 <br /> miles per hour, and no speed limit established under this <br /> subdivision may reduce existing speed limits by more than 15 <br /> miles per hour. A speed limit established under this <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.leg, state.mn.us/st~s/169/14.html <br /> <br />3/21/2003 <br /> <br /> <br />