Before National Metric Week kicks off next month, Florida Gulf Coast University has become the first state college in Florida to install metric speed limit signs on campus.

A professor there, Tony Planas, said the elementary school students in this country learn the metric system and believes we should follow the Metric Conversion Act of 1975.

Planes provided the signs with the support of FGCU Campus Police, press release said, and they have been installed.

Metric Week is Oct. 7-13.