Speed Limits Decreasing Village-Wide In Skokie

SKOKIE, IL — Speed limits are going down village-wide in Skokie on residential roads thanks to an ordinance set to be approved at Monday's Village Board meeting.

In response to concerns brought to the village, officials conducted a review of speed limits in residential districts to assess if speeds should be reduced from 30 mph. Officials considered data about 85th percentile speeds, road type, road jurisdiction and existing speed limit information.

The study focused on streets in residential neighborhoods, local streets with low volumes of traffic and collector streets with two-way traffic. The data gathered showed that about 96 percent of the studies areas should be reduced to 25 mph.

Though most of the area studies will be reduced, there are exceptions on specific roads, including:

• County owned roadways
• Roadways with a currently established speed limit of 20 miles per hour
• Howard Street
• Gross Point Road
• Niles Center Road
• Ionia Avenue
• Waukesha Avenue
• Pratt Avenue
• East Prairie Road (between Dempster Street and Golf Road)
• Frontage Road (between Gross Point Road and Howard Street)
• Lawler Avenue (between Golf Road and 0!d Orchard Road)

The Skokie Village Board is set to adopt the ordinance at Monday night's Village Board meeting at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place at Village Hall at 5127 Oakton St. and is also streamed online.

It may take a while for residents to see new speed limit signs go up. The speed limit change will take effect starting March 1, 2026.