MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – You can start going 70 this week on non-urban Interstates in about the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin.
The DOT said Monday morning that county highway departments would start putting up around 470 updated speed limit signs — mostly Tuesday and Wednesday.
Last month, Governor Scott Walker signed the law which allows 70 on Interstate-style freeways with entrance and exit ramps — but not on expressways where country roads cross the high speed traffic lanes at the same grade.
The law does not take effect until you can actually see the 70 speed signs through your windshield.
It gives the DOT the authority to determine which lanes of expressways can safely handle 70. For now, the top speed will remain 65 pretty much north of Hudson, Eau Claire, Wausau, and Green Bay.
The DOT has been evaluating the roadways. It recently added about 85 miles of roadways to the list of those with the top speed of 70.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
