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Along with all the debate over whether or not to drop speed camera fines—Mayor Vince Gray has already dropped some, but D.C. legislators want to drop them further—city officials have discussed possibly raising speed limits on some area roads. The thinking goes that some speed limits have been set artificially low, leading to a windfall from speed cameras that catch drivers going a little too fast.

Well, it looks like D.C. is moving quickly on bringing up the speed limits on at least two roads, reports WTOP:

Sources tell WTOP the District is preparing to increase the speed limit on at least two roads and possibly more over time. The announcement could come as soon as Friday.

Mayor Vincent Gray had said he would look at raising speed limits when he announced recent changes to speeding fines.

Several major roads including the Southeast Southwest Freeway and Interstate 395 currently have posted speed limits of 40 mph and both have speed cameras that generate thousands of tickets.

According to recent traffic camera statistics from the DMV, those two roads accounted for some 40,000 speeding camera tickets in 2011, out of the 355,000 handed out that year. Only one road sees more tickets, in fact: New York Avenue NE.

A bill currently working its way through the D.C. Council would require Gray to assess all D.C. speed limits within a year, possibly leading to a number of changes across the city.