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Vice Mayor Louis Jones and Councilman Jim Wood, who pushed for the reduction, which the entire council supported, said they want to keep the speed limit at 35.

“We haven’t had a death since we implemented the 35 mile per hour speed limit,” Jones said. “I like that, and I want to keep it that way.”

Wood said the speed limit should remain 35 mph on Shore Drive east of the Lesner Bridge, which falls in his district. He said the study might not tell the full story. “At first glance, it just seems like the study didn’t occur for very long,” he said. “My interpretation was that they were going to do more analysis than what was done.”