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WEBVTT DRIVERS BECAUSEF O THE SPEED DROP, BUT IN. PNSLA TO CHANGE THAT. SHERIFF JAMEY NOEL SAYS HE’S RELIEVED THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION HAS DECIDED TO INCREASE THE SPEED LIMITS ON I-65 AND I-265 IN CLARK COUNTY. INDOT PLANS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THE SPEED LIMIT ON I-65 BETWEEN SELLERSBURG AND E I-265 INTERCHANGE FROM 55 MILE PER HOUR TO 70. FROM 265 TO THE 10TH STRT INTERCHANGE THE LIMIT WILL GUP TO 65 AND FROM THE 10TH STREET INTERCHANGE TO THE STATE LIN THE LIMIT WILL BECOME 60 MILES PER HOUR. ON 265 THE SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN THE LEWIS AND CLARK BRIDGE AND 64I- WILL INCREASE FROM 55 TO 65. >> I THI IT NKIS LONG OVERDUE. REPORTER: IN-DOT SAYS IT HAS BEEN EVALUATING THE TWO INTERSTATES SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES AND THE EXPANSION OF I-65. THE DEPARTMENT CONCLUDED THE AREAS CAN HANDLE HIGHER RATEOFS SPEED. >> IT IS GOVERNED BY THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES, HOW FAR APART INTERCHANGES ARE SPACED, WHETHER IT IINS A RURAL AREA OR URBAN EAAR. REPORTER: INDIANA STATE POLICE SERGEANT CAREY HULS SAYS ISPAS H SEEN PERSISTENT ISSUES ON THAT SECTION OF I-65 WHERE THE LIMIT DROPS FROM 70 TO 55. YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO PAY ATTENTION, MANY DO NOT. REPORTER: HE SAYS ISP WILL PATROL THE HIGHWAYS JUST AS AGREIVSSELY NO MATTER WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT

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The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to increase speed limits on I-65 and I-265 in Clark and Floyd counties in Southern Indiana. Currently, the speed limit drops from 70 miles per hour to 55 miles per hour at the Sellersburg Exit on I-65. The sudden decrease in speed has been a source of frustration for drivers for years. "It really throws people off," said Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel. "A lot of times you would stop people and they would say, 'Hey I had my cruise on 70. I didn't see the signs.'"Noel said he was relieved when he found out INDOT plans to increase the speed limit. "I think it promotes safety. I think it will improve the flow of traffic and I think it will help curb a little bit of the aggressive driving we've seen sometimes," Noel explained. According to INDOT, the speed limit between Sellersburg and the I-265 interchange will go up from 55 mph to 70 mph. From I-265 to the 10th Street Exit, the limit will change from 55 to 65 and from 10th Street to the Kentucky state line, the speed limit will become 60. On I-265, the speed limit will increase from 55 to 65 between the Lewis and Clark bridge and I-64. INDOT spokesman Scott Manning said the department has been evaluating the interstates since the completion of the Ohio River bridges and the expansion of I-65. INDOT uses a variety of guidelines to determine speed limits. "It's governed by the traffic volumes, the patterns, the number of lanes, how far apart interchanges are spaced, whether it's a route in a rural area or an urban area," Manning explained. Indiana State Police Sgt. Carey Huls said the change in speed limit at the Sellersburg Exit has persistently caused issues."You have some people who do pay attention, (but) many do not, so you have vehicles traveling at different speeds," Huls said. Huls said no matter what the speed limit is, ISP will aggressively patrol the interstates. "We strictly enforce it now at 55 and if they raise the limit, we will strictly enforce it," he said. INDOT plans to make the changes sometime this spring.