2022 House Bill 5988

Let local governments increase highway speed limits

Introduced in the House

April 12, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-68)

To establish a process by which a local governments could get the speed limit reduced on a local highway. Michigan has long vested the authority set speed limits with the State Police and Department of Transportation, which have a tradition of squelching local efforts to create revenue-raising “speed traps” with unreasonably low limits.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation