Caltrans is lowering speed limits along dozens of miles of state Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast after conducting an engineering and traffic survey recently, officials with the state agency said.

The changes are taking place for 44.5 miles of the coastal highway north of the line between San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties and enforcement of the lower speeds will begin after all speed limit signs are changed in the next 30 days, according to Caltrans.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.