HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: The speed limit will be raised to 70 mph on a 100-mile stretch of toll road in the south-central part of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced Friday.
The 70 mph zone will be on the Turnpike mainline (Interstate 76) between the Blue Mountain Interchange (Exit 201) and the Morgantown Interchange (Exit 298) starting Wednesday.
Turnpike officials are planning a news conference for next week to detail future speed-limit changes across the Turnpike’s 550-mile system… (more)
EDITOR: Since it is common knowledge that police do not tick those who drive less than ten miles over the speed limit, making the de facto speed limit 75, we don’t quite know what the consequences will be of the five mile per hour increase.
Likely it means that eighty-miles per hour will be permitted. That’s pretty fast, although already not uncommon.
It has not only become too expensive to run the turnpike, now it will be all the more dangerous. I’ll stick to finding alternate, more scenic routes.