INTERVIEW — HANS RIEMER — (pronounced REEM-er) — At-large Councilmember at Montgomery County Council
- Speed limits could drop in Montgomery Co. WASHINGTON — Montgomery County residents can weigh in this week on bills that would drop speed limits on certain county roads. Montgomery County Council member Hans Riemer has been working with several state delegates from the county to introduce legislation during the 2017 General Assembly session. Public hearings are scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday to get community feedback on various bills, but Riemer told WTOP he believes Wednesday is the night to weigh in on the speed limit bills. One bill would drop the top speed on county roads with no posted limits from 30 to 25 miles per hour. The second would allow 20 miles per hour to be the lowest possible speed limit in Montgomery County. If this bill passes, it would not mean an automatic speed limit decrease on county roads. “When I had originally proposed it, I had just requested that here be no particular floor and that we should just be allowed to set the county road speeds at whatever we would like,” Riemer said. “However after some negotiations, we came to agreement that we would just set a new floor of 20, rather than 25, which is the current floor.”
