Town of Westminster, MA Article VIII Speed Limits

[Added 2-2-1976]

§ 219-26 Statutory authority.

[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]

In accordance with the provisions of MGL C. 90, § 18, as amended, the following special speed regulations are hereby adopted by the Select Board of the Town of Westminster.

§ 219-27 Speed limits established.

The following speed limits are established at which motor vehicles may be operated in the areas described:

Beacon Street, North Common Road and Oakmont Avenue, northbound
A.	Beginning at a point one hundred seventy (170) feet north of Route 2A, thence northerly:
	(1)	Twenty-one hundredths (0.21) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour;
	(2)	One and seven-hundredths (1.07) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(3)	One and one-hundredths (1.01) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(4)	Fifteen-hundredths (0.15) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour;
	(5)	Twenty-four hundredths (0.24) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(6)	Six-hundredths (0.06) miles at twenty-five (25) miles per hour; ending at South Ashburnham Road, the total distance being two and seventy-four hundredths (2.74) miles.
Oakmont Avenue, North Common Road and Beacon Street, southbound
A.	Beginning at South Ashburnham Road, thence southerly:
	(1)	Thirty-hundredths (0.30) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(2)	Fifteen-hundredths (0.15) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour;
	(3)	One and one-hundredths (1.01) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(4)	One and seven-hundredths (1.07) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(5)	Twenty-four hundredths (0.24) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour; ending at Route 2A, the total distance being two and seventy-seven hundredths (2.77) miles.
West Main Street, eastbound
A.	Beginning at the Gardner City line, thence easterly:
	(1)	Fifty-three hundredths (0.53) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour ending at the beginning of State Highway west of Route 2;
B.	And beginning again at the end of State Highway east of Route 2, thence easterly:
	(1)	Sixty-one hundredths (0.61) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(2)	Ten-hundredths (0.10) miles at twenty-five (25) miles per hour, ending at Route 2A, the total distance being one and twenty-four hundredths (1.24) miles.
West Main Street, westbound
A.	Beginning at a point 300 feet west of Route 2A, thence westerly:
	(1)	Sixty-five hundredths (0.65) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour ending at the beginning of State Highway east of Route 2;
B.	And beginning again at the end of State Highway west of Route 2 thence westerly:
	(1)	Fifty-three hundredths (0.53) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour, ending at the Gardner City line, the total distance being 1.18 miles.
South Ashburnham Road, eastbound
A.	Beginning at the Ashburnham Town line, thence easterly:
	(1)	One and seventy-six hundredths (1.76) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(2)	Eleven-hundredths (0.11) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(3)	Two and twenty-four hundredths (2.24) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(4)	Seven-hundredths (0.07) miles at twenty-five (25) miles per hour; ending at Route 2A, the total distance being four and eighteen-hundredths (4.18) miles.
South Ashburnham Road, westbound
A.	Beginning at a point 350 feet west of Route 2A, thence westerly on South Ashburnham Road:
	(1)	Two and twenty-four hundredths (2.24) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(2)	Eleven-hundredths (0.11) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(3)	One and seventy-six hundredths (1.76) miles at forty (40) miles per hour; ending at the Ashburnham Town line, the total distance being four and eleven-hundredths (4.11) miles.
South Street, northbound
A.	Beginning at the Hubbardston Town line, thence northerly:
	(1)	Two and seventy hundredths (2.70) miles at forty (40) miles per hour;
	(2)	Seventy-four hundredths (0.74) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour; ending at Route 2A, the total distance being three and forty-four hundredths (3.44) miles.
South Street, southbound
A.	Beginning at a point one hundred fifty (150) feet south of Route 2A, thence southerly:
	(1)	Seventy-one hundredths (0.71) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour;
	(2)	Two and seventy hundredths (2.70) miles at forty (40) miles per hour; ending at the Hubbardston Town line, the total distance being three and forty-one hundredths (3.41) miles.
Route 31, northbound
A.	Beginning at the Princeton Town line, thence northerly:
	(1)	One and seventy-three hundredths (1.73) miles at forty-five (45) miles per hour; ending at the Fitchburg City line, the total distance being one and seventy-three hundredths (1.73) miles.
Route 31, southbound
A.	Beginning at the Fitchburg City line, thence southerly:
	(1)	One and seventy-three hundredths (1.73) miles at forty-five (45) miles per hour; ending at the Princeton Town line, the total distance begin one and seventy-three hundredths (1.73) miles.
Route 140, northbound
A.	Beginning at the Princeton Town line, thence northerly:
	(1)	Eighty-six hundredths (0.86) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(2)	Thirty-four hundredths (0.34) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour;
	(3)	Thirty hundredths (0.30) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(4)	One and six-hundredths (1.06) miles at fifty (50) miles per hour;
	(5)	Four-hundredths (0.04) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour; ending at the beginning of the State Highway, the total distance begin two and sixty hundredths (2.60) miles.
Route 140, southbound
A.	Beginning at the end of the State Highway, thence southerly:
	(1)	One and ten hundredths (1.10) miles at fifty (50) miles per hour;
	(2)	Thirty-hundredths (0.30) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour;
	(3)	Thirty-four hundredths (0.34) miles at thirty (30) miles per hour;
	(4)	Eight-six hundredths (0.86) miles at thirty-five (35) miles per hour; ending at the Princeton Town line, the total distance being two and sixty hundredths (2.60) miles.

§ 219-28 Operation of vehicle in excess of established limits.

Operation of a motor vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of these limits shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is greater than is reasonable and proper.

§ 219-29 Effect on statutory provisions.

The provisions of this regulation shall not, however, abrogate in any sense MGL C. 90, § 14.