I sent this email to our Board:

To: Oakland Township Board of Trustees

Now that HB-4012 (Traffic control: speed restrictions; procedure for establishing speed limits; modify. Amends sec. 628) and has been signed by the Governor,  does the Board of Trustees plan to “dust-off” and make use of this old provision from MCL 257.628 for the Collins Road speed limit issue? An answer at “ Board Reports and Correspondence” April 30,  would be appreciated.

“A township board may petition the county road commission or the department of state police for a proposed change in the speed limit.”

The Governor signed HB-4012 on April 3, 2024.

The vote was 110/10 in House and 37/0 in Senate. Oakland Township Representatives to the Michigan House, Mark Tisdel, and Danielle Steele voted YES, Josh Schriver voted NO.  Our State Senator Mike Webber voted YES.

The bill’s exact wording concurred upon by Michigan House and Senate is here:

2023-HCB-4012.pdf (mi.gov)

I struggle to understand how this rewording changes anything to eliminate automatic 85^th  percentile speed limit setting,  but am hoping you understand it better than I do.

A news article when the bill was introduced in 2023 is here:

https://gophouse.org/posts/rep-slagh-introduces-first-bills-of-new-term

A news article on the current bill is here. It seems overly optimistic.

Bill giving local governments more control over speed limits receives bipartisan support | WKAR Public Media

Bob Yager