TAC recommends reduced speed limits on Olive Hill, Reche roads

The county’s Traffic Advisory Committee has recommended that the speed limit be reduced on portions of Olive Hill Road and Reche Road.

The TAC’s Sept. 13 recommendations also included that the county’s Department of Public Works review the intersection of Olive Hill Road and Burma Road, which had five reported collisions in a three-year period including three during one year, for potential operational or regulatory solutions, and that the 40 mph speed limit on a section of Reche Road east of Gird Road be increased to 45 mph.

The entirety of Olive Hill Road and all of Reche Road were reviewed s...