Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is pushing for legislation which could push the speed limit on Interstate 80 to 80 miles per hour.
Ricketts is backing a bill filed this legislative session which would allow the Nebraska Department of Transportation to increase the speed limit on many state roads by five miles per hour. . .

Ricketts doesn’t believe raising the speed limit on I-80 to 80 miles per hour would give drivers free rein to drive 90 or 100 miles per hour. . .

The bill would allow the speed limit on expressways to increase to 70 miles per hour and would set a standard speed limit on most rural roads at 65 miles per hour.