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Code Sec.4-3. Increase of speed limits in certain zones.-- It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie speed hereinbefore set forth is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles upon certain streets or portions thereof described in traffic control schedules of Article XXVI herein or otherwise recorded as provided in section 23-12 of this ordinance, by reason of the designation of said streets as through streets or by reason of widely-spaced intersections or the absence of intersections; and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limits upon those streets or portions thereof shall be as stated in said schedules or records but not in excess of 60 miles per hour as limited by statute, which speeds so declared shall be effective when signs are erected giving notice thereof; provided, however, that increased speed limits on streets which are a part of the State Highway System shall be subject to the approval of the State Department of Highways as specified in section 23-10 herein. Code Sec. 4-7. Regulation of speed by traffic signals.--Traffic signals may be timed, as a.uthorized in section 23-9 of this ordinance, so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the prima facie speed limit otherwise applicable to the street or area. Code Sec. 8-3. Reversible lane control.--Official traffic control devices may be erected, as authorized in section 23-9 of this ordinance, designating streets, parts of streets or specific lanes thereon upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period and the opposite direction during another period of the day, regardless of the center line of the roadway, and drivers shall obey the directions of all such devices. -4-