{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-21-802.1","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Transportation § 21–802.1","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “highway work zone” means a construction or maintenance area on or alongside a highway that is marked by appropriate warning signs or other traffic control devices designating that work is in progress.\n(b) (1) The State Highway Administration may reduce established speed limits in a highway work zone upon a determination that the change is necessary to ensure the public safety.\n(2) A county may:\n(i) Designate an area on a county highway or a highway on which the county is authorized to do work pursuant to a maintenance agreement as a highway work zone; and\n(ii) Reduce established speed limits in the highway work zone after a determination that the change is necessary to ensure the public safety.\n(3) A municipal corporation may:\n(i) Designate an area on a municipal highway or a highway on which the municipal corporation is authorized to do work pursuant to a maintenance agreement as a highway work zone; and\n(ii) Reduce established speed limits in the highway work zone after a determination that the change is necessary to ensure the public safety.\n(c) A speed limit established under this section shall become effective when posted.\n(d) A person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.","path":["Article - Transportation"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr\u0026section=21-802.1","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:01:38Z","sha256":"f16f828a3c99bdb1cb7cc2658361700a0b52f3b7be28c2d9b295bceccf18ae53","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-21-802","next":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-21-803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}