Maine Local Roads Center

SAMPLE LETTER from Municipality to MDOT notifying MDOT of Locally-Set Speed Limits

NOTICE OF SPEED ZONES ON LOCAL ROADS SET BY THE

MUNICIPALITY OF : __________________

DATE:_________________

To: Commissioner of Maine Department of Transportation 
16 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0016

From:_____________________________________

SPEED ZONES

Pursuant to 29-A MRSA § 2075, §-3, as amended by PL 2001, Chapter 313, the municipal officers of this municipality are hereby notifying the MDOT that we have adopted speed zone(s) on the following local road(s):

1)

2)

3)

Example: 
PARKER LANE: 35 MPH starting at the junction of the Timber Park Rd and extending westerly to the junction of Pothole Lane, a total distance of 0.84 miles.

In setting these speed zones, this municipality has: 

1) followed the procedures and standards as stated in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD),

2) validated these speed zones through a municipal traffic ordinance pursuant to 30-A MRSA § 3009, 

3) posted the standard signs as shown in the MUTCD (minimum 24 by 30 inch signs) where necessary to notify motorists.

Sincerely,

_______________________
(authorized municipal official) 

________________________
(printed) 

Title:____________________ 

Phone:___________________