Permanent Speed Limit Change Comes to Highway 3 between Gorst & Belfair (Washington State Department of Transportation)

May 1, 2017

                 

(BELFAIR, WA) – Drivers will soon notice new speed limit signs along a segment of State Route 3 from Gorst to Belfair. Crews will replace existing 55 mile-per-hour speed limit signs with new 50 mile-per-hour speed limit signs. The permanent speed reduction affects SR 3 from milepost 27.1 to 34.02.

This change is a result of a Washington State Department of Transportation speed study.

The lowered speed limit will be enforceable as soon as new signs are posted, currently scheduled for the week of May 8.

Washington State Department of Transportation

Olympic Region

PO Box 47440

Olympia, WA 98504-7440

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