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<br />,4.. .I-l <br /> <br />in the -future if additional resources can be devoted to improved enforcement of and education <br />regarding the existing speed limit. <br /> <br />30 MPH InaRuraJ Residential Districtl 55 MPH ins Rural Residential District <br />within a City <br /> <br />These are related pomts.. Strictly speaking, the termURuralResidential District within a city" is <br />amisnomer,asby current Minneso~ Statute defInition a "Rural Residential District" c:an.only <br />occur in a township. .It was uncterstoodthat what was meant'bythe question is the following: <br />"Fot areas within a city that would be defIned as Rural Residential District if in a township, is 55 <br />!viPH the appropriate speed limit?" <br /> <br />The Task Force members were unanimous; 55 is not an appropriate speed limit for a rural <br />residential area within a city. lYIn/DOT recommends that, in tandem with the revised defmition <br />for Rural Residential Districts, a new speed limit should be set for this category ofroadway. To <br />determine the correct statutory speed for these roadways, several representative speed studies <br />have been conducted on Rural Residential :District roads. As a result of these studies, it was <br />determined that 35 1v1PH is the reasonable speed limit on these roads. The Rural Residential <br />District definition and its accompanying speed limit are proposed to be consistent for all .coad <br />authorities. <br /> <br />Page iii <br /> <br />27 <br />