Drivers on Haines Highway observed the speed limit through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, which remained at 55 mph during this year’s Alaska Bald Eagle Festival.
For the last three years, the speed limit between 19 and 21 Mile was reduced to 45 mph, said Haines Department of Transportation foreman Matt Boron, as drivers found themselves dangerously dodging people in the road.
“People were having to swerve around tripods,” Boron said.
But DOT found the…