This reduction from the current 35 miles per hour speed limit was requested by town officials and approved by the Virginia Department of Transportation due to the increased number of entrances and driveways along this residential/commercial thoroughfare within the town limits.
 
Signs have been placed advising motorists of the new speed limit.

Highway safety is everyone’s responsibility. Virginia’s highway safety partnership — the Virginia Department of Transportation, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and Virginia State Police — challenges you to help prevent highway fatalities.

            Buckle up.
            Avoid distractions.
            Share the road.
            Drive drug- and alcohol-free.
            Obey speed limits.
 
For more information on the Highway Safety Challenge and things you can do to avoid becoming Virginia’s next traffic fatality, visit www.safeVAhighways.org. (END)

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