Statewide Iowa (RI) — The 55-mile-an-hour speed limit on two-lane state highways would be raised to 60 under a bill that’s won House approval.
House Speaker Pat Grassley says it got enthusiastic support from many House Republicans.
The bill passed on a 76-16 vote.
Representative Austin Baeth, a Democrat from Des Moines who opposed the move, says studies show traffic fatalities increase when speed limits are raised.
The Senate voted last year to move the speed limit to 60 on two-lane state highways, but the House made a slight change in the bill. That means the bill must go back to the Senate for review before it could be sent to the governor.
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