The Department of Transportation is updating speed limits on three state highways to reflect safety needs and current road conditions. In Minnehaha County, State Trunk Highway 115 north of Sioux Falls will see revised speed zones, and several outdated speed limit provisions tied to highways no longer under the department's control will be removed. Similar updates are happening on U.S. Highway 83 near Onida in Sully County and South Dakota Highway 248 in Kadoka in Jackson County, with several obsolete speed regulations also being deleted. Additionally, the department is clarifying its contractor prequalification rules by distinguishing when regulations apply to individual persons versus business entities, making it clearer when contractors and their owners can be debarred or suspended from bidding on highway construction projects.
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The South Dakota Transportation Commission is considering amendments to Administrative Rules of South Dakota (ARSD) numbered: • 70:01:02:01 – Minnehaha County speed zone rule; • 70:01:02:39 – Jackson County speed zone rule; • 70:01:02:59 – Sully County speed zone rule; • 70:07:01:01 – Definitions; • 70:07:04:09 – Reasons for Debarment; • 70:07:04:10.02 – Hearing request; and • 70:07:04:15 – Term of debarment. The proposed speed zone rule amendments will change speed limits on State Trunk Highway 115 north of Sioux Falls in Minnehaha County, U.S. Highway 83 near Onida in Sully County, and South Dakota Highway 248 in and around Kadoka in Jackson County. The proposed speed zone rule changes will also update highway references and eliminate speed limit provisions that are no longer needed because of highway jurisdictional transfers. The reasons for the proposed speed zone rule amendments are to enhance safety, add clarity, and repeal speed limits for highways that are not under the jurisdiction of the South Dakota Department of Transportation. The South Dakota Department of Transportation is also proposing amendments to administrative rules relating to contractor prequalification to submit bids for highway construction projects. The proposed amendments will change when the terms “business” and “person” are used in the rules. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to clarify when the rules apply to a natural person and when they apply to a business entity.
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