At its monthly board meeting, the North Texas Tollway Authority Board of Directors approved the increase of speed limits through the express lanes at the main plazas that span the roadway where tolls are collected to match the speed limits approaching the plazas. 

The new speed limits will become effective when the proper signs are posted, which is anticipated to occur over the next several months. 

Those express lanes, or TollTag-only lanes, which continue through the plaza when there is an option to pay cash, will have a consistent speed limit that matches the existing speed limits on either side of the plaza. 

“We are able to increase the speed limits because the NTTA is preparing to make main lane plaza improvements, such as reconfiguring and restriping the lanes, associated with our transition to all-electronic toll collection which will improve traffic flow and increase safety on both the President George Bush Turnpike and the Dallas North Tollway,” said NTTA’s Deputy Executive Director Rick Herrington. 

The safety improvements and a consistent speed limit through the express lanes have been piloted at the Coit Road Main Lane Plaza to ensure the increase will not have an adverse impact on safety.