A road connecting several subdivisions in Dripping Springs will receive a lower speed limit in the coming weeks.
Hays County Commissioners approved extending a 35-mile per hour speed limit on Sawyer Ranch Road to the entrance of the Meadow Creek Ranch subdivision.
The change was brought up in a public hearing at the Commissioner’s Court on Sept 19. The motion was passed unanimously.
The speed limit on Sawyer Ranch Road, which runs past the Sawyer Ranch, Belterra, Highpointe and Meadow Creek Ranch neighborhoods, was originally 50 mph.
About four years ago, residents from the Belterra neighborhood put in requests to Whisenant’s office to change the speed limit down to 35 mph.
This change was only extended to the Belterra neighborhood entrance.
In 2016, residents in another subdivision requested the speed limit be extended down to the Highpointe subdivision entrance.
This recent change will extend the speed limit to approximately 200 feet south of the entrance of the Meadow Creek Ranch subdivision.
The new speed limit signs should be posted within the next few weeks.
