ND Senate Votes Down Revived Speed Limit Bill

(Bismarck, ND) — North Dakota’s interstate speed limit won’t be changing this legislative session. The state Senate defeated a revived proposal yesterday that would have increased the interstate highway speed limit from 75 miles per hour to 80 miles per hour. Governor Doug Burgum rejected a bill last month that would have made the change citing his administration’s Vision Zero initiative to reduce traffic deaths. The renewed measure was added as an amendment to a bill that would have updated speeding fines that failed to pass.