The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said Friday that he will back an effort this fall to raise the state’s speed limit to 70 mph to mirror the higher limits in other Midwest states.

Vos said freshman Rep. Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc) has been working on the bill and plans to submit it by Labor Day — one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

Tittl is expected to circulate the bill next week for co-sponsors.

“I think it’s a common sense, straightforward bill,” said Tittl.

The speed limit on interstates and other highways in Wisconsin is 65 mph. Raising that limit would mainly affect traffic on the state’s major interstates, Vos said.

He noted that Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan all enforce a 70-mph limit and “we haven’t seen any issues there,” Vos said.

Vos’ support is key to getting legislation through the Republican-controlled Assembly.

It’s about time. Yes, the pun is intended, but it is about time, which is the only truly, provably nonrenewable resource.