(Des Moines)– The Natural Resources Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is expected to act on a proposed rule change at their meeting next week that would result in a 25-mile-per-hour nighttime speed limit on all lakes in Dickinson county. The item is included on the commission’s agenda for their meeting this coming Thursday, March 9th.
The DNR was petitioned last year by the East Okoboji Lakes Improvement Corporation to establish a one-half hour after sunset to sunrise speed limit for vessels operating on all lakes in Dickinson county. Comments were received electronically, by mail and at public hearings the commission held earlier this winter in Des Moines and Arnolds Park. Some who spoke at those hearings questioned if the 25 mile-per-hour was still too high. Others questioned the ability of the DNR to enforce a night-time speed limit.
The night-time speed limit would become effective May 3rd of this year if the commissioners approve it.
The commission meets at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Rathbun Regional Water Association’s offices in Centerville, Iowa.
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