LACONIA, N.H. (AP) – The deadline has passed for offering information on whether New Hampshire should set boating speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee, and now the state Safety Department is reviewing the testimony.

The department’s Hearings Bureau must make a recommendation to Safety Commissioner Richard Flynn, who has authority to set a speed limit.

It’s been a hot issue on the lake, and in the Legislature. Lawmakers rejected proposed limits, but the department held hearings after lakeside residents petitioned. They want a 45 mph daytime limit and a 25 mph limit at night.

The deadline was Monday. Curtis Duclos, chief of the Hearings Bureau, says it will take some time to go through everything.