Speed limit changed across the Borderlanf

your life – or someone elses… and since the start of these major i-10 construction projects hit the borderland – the el paso police department has seen a spike in the number of crashes! take a look at these numbers: 76 of those crashes resulted in injures. and 4 resulted in deaths. something has been done to help prevent those crashes from happening. let’s go now to abc-7’s evan folan. he’s been talking with tx-dot all day and is live with the details… police say those crashes you just spoke of happened between redd road and porfirio diaz… and that why there has been a change in the speed limits… but that doesn’t mean all of you will cooperate. 16-25 “its pretty dangerous out there the construction on i-10 has led to delays and hundreds of crashes. and speed may be to blame. “we have people who want to get there fast.” so signs wen up … “peopl asked from the city and city pd and from our department to reduce the speed even further” t bring the speed limit down. those speed changes begin just south of the state line, where it’s marked at 75 mph! “the spee limit drops to 60 just south of vinton and it remains 60 until it goes into the construction zone at 50.” but will that stop the speeding? “i nearl had the doors blow off my door – there were people still driving 70 and 75 through that zone – irresponsibly” “they are n paying attention to the signs the cones the worker” “it really difficult for construx workers to pay attention to what their doing when yuo have traffic moving very fast that close txdot hopes that will change with more patroling… “we hav contract with the eppd to increase enforcement through the workzone on the go10 project” if you’re caught speeding in a construction zone – while workers are on site – the cost of your speeding ticket will double. for the safety of you, your family, and the construction workers – follow the speed limit. that advice will come in handy this weekend — as i-10 is scheduled to