What town meeting voted for, November 15, 2023 - ARTICLE 6: ADOPT M.G.L. c. 90, § 17C

To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90, Section 17C of the General Laws, to authorize the Select Board to establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on town-owned roadways within thickly settled or business districts.

Or take any other action related thereto.

Submitted by the Select Board

Majority Vote Required

On a motion duly made and seconded the Town voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 90, Section 17C of the General Laws, to authorize the Select Board to establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on town-owned roadways within thickly settled or business districts.

Passed/November 15th @ 7:17 pm

The law states this: Section 17C. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the city council, the transportation commissioner of the city of Boston, the board of selectmen, park commissioners, a traffic commission or traffic director of a city or town that accepts this section in the manner provided in section 4 of chapter 4 may, in the interests of public safety and without further authority, establish a speed limit of 25 miles per hour on any roadway inside a thickly settled or business district in the city or town on any way that is not a state highway.

(b) Upon establishing a speed limit under this section, the city or town shall notify the department. The operation of a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of a speed limit established under this section shall be a violation of section 17.

I am not sure when they were put in place, but on April 9, 2025 around 10:30 A.M., 

A Templeton town highway dept. employee just removed the 2 25 MPH speed limit signs that were on Brooks Village/Carruth Road. My opinion, this was a case of good use of face book. The process was not followed so a town employee (s) wasted time and material, to place a couple signs and then took them up all because someone did not follow procedure.