June 23, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Johnsons Chapel Road will soon have a posted speed limit.
During Monday night’s monthly meeting, the county commission established a posted 35 mile per hour speed limit on the road in response to a petition seeking the change.
Under state law, the speed limit on any county road is 55 miles per hour unless the county commission acts to change it.
“I had a gentleman call me a few weeks ago and he talked about his concern of the speed on Johnsons Chapel Road. I gave him the contact names of Commissioners Anita Puckett and Jerry Adcock. There is a petition that he brought by my office to give to the two commissioners with some signatures, addresses and phone numbers. I can’t tell you that this is from everybody who lives on Johnsons Chapel Road but they are requesting that the speed limit be changed to 35 miles per hour,” said County Mayor Tim Stribling.
“This gentleman called me and said he was mowing his yard when a car with a boat on it almost took him out. He said that has happened two times in the last month,” said Commissioner Adcock.
The county commission has set speed limits on other county roads before but some say it is difficult to enforce with limited manpower from law enforcement agencies.