With the latest stretch of Texas 130 - officially called Sectors 5 and 6 - scheduled to open in November, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is considering an 85 mile-per hour (mph) speed limit for the 40-mile `Austin to Seguin' stretch --- thereby marking a speed limit which will be the fastest on any road in the country.

According to reports, the TxDOT's likely 85 mph designation for the new - currently under construction - Texas 130 stretch will have the road sporting that fastest speed limit in the western hemisphere; as a speed limit faster than 80 mph has not been posted by any other road thus far.

With the SH 130 Concession Company - the private consortium which is constructing the Texas 130 - recently revealing that it might open the mentioned stretch even before the scheduled November 11 opening, the TxDOT will have to set the speed limit for the road soon.

Though the 85 mph speed limit for the Texas 130 stretch has been under consideration for quite a while, a TxDOT spokesman has refrained from making any disclosure about when the department will likely complete speed limit tests or when it will make a much-awaited speed-limit announcement.

Meanwhile, the plans to post an 85 mph speed limit for the Texas 130 has already met with criticism, with American Insurance Association's David Snyder saying in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial last year: "As the accidents pile up on 85-mph roads, so too will insurance claims. That will lead to increased insurance costs."