A road connecting several subdivisions in Dripping Springs will receive a lower speed limit in the coming weeks.

Hays County Commissioners approved extending a 35-mile per hour speed limit on Sawyer Ranch Road to the entrance of the Meadow Creek Ranch subdivision.

The change was brought up in a public hearing at the Commissioner’s Court on Sept 19. The motion was passed unanimously.

The speed limit on Sawyer Ranch Road, which runs past the Sawyer Ranch, Belterra, Highpointe and Meadow Creek...