TAC recommends lowering McDonald Road speed limit to 40 mph

The county's Traffic Advisory Committee recommended lowering the speed limit on McDonald Road from 45 mph to 40 mph.

A unanimous TAC vote Oct. 23 recommended that the San Diego County Board of Supervisors lower the speed limit on McDonald Road between Fallbrook Street and Pepper Tree Lane while retaining radar certification for that 1.0-mile segment. The county supervisors are expected to consider the speed limit reduction Feb. 10.

In order for a speed limit to be enforceable by radar, a speed survey must show that the speed limit is within an adjacent 5 mph increment to the 85th percentile sp...