The speed limit on South State Street beyond Iola’s city limit soon will be 35 miles an hour to beyond the south end of Elm Creek bridge and change to 45 miles per hour up to the Humboldt turnoff about a mile farther south.
The speed has been 55 mph upon leaving Iola city limits for many years.
Tuesday morning county commissioners Gary McIntosh and Rob Francis — Dick Works was unable to attend — made the change.
Sheriff Tom Williams had recommended the change, telling commissioners earlier that 80 traffic accidents, including three fatalities, had occurred…
Speed limit lowered near Iola
