Q: Can county commissioners override NM state law on speed limits for rural roads?
In New Mexico, the state law sets a 55 mph speed limit on unmarked rural county dirt roads. Recently, the county commissioners decided to post 35 mph speed limit signs on a rural county dirt road in our county, where there were previously no posted speed limits. This change occurred within the last 90 days, and to my knowledge, there have been no recent incidents on the road that prompted it. The signs were installed within the last 7 days, and enforcement has not yet been noticeable. The decision was made at a public county commissioners meeting. Do county commissioners have the authority to implement this new speed limit, effectively overriding New Mexico state law?
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