Lower Speed Limit Approved for Seeley Lake

SEELEY LAKE - A two-year saga came to a successful conclusion when the Montana Transportation Commission granted virtually all of the requested speed limit reductions that the Seeley Lake Community Council had petitioned for. The Commission’s order Sept. 22 closed the final chapter on a lengthy story that began with a constituent’s question at a council meeting in 2014 about what might be done to slow traffic in Seeley Lake.

The council’s Traffic Project was launched with an appeal to the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) for lower speed limits in Seeley and more and better-marked ped...