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                                 SENATE BILL 6372

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Senator Erwin

Read first time 01/27/92.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.Studying pedestrian and bicycle facilities along state route 520.

     AN ACT Relating to a study of pedestrians and bicycle facilities; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      The department of transportation shall undertake a study of developing pedestrian and bicycle facilities along the state route 520 corridor from the vicinity of the University of Washington to the Redmond vicinity.  In conducting this study, the department shall include comment from interested groups, including major employers in the region, and shall coordinate its efforts with affected local jurisdictions, including the cities of Seattle, Redmond, and Bellevue, the University of Washington, and King county.  The department shall report its findings to the legislative transportation committee by December 1, 1992.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the department of transportation from the transportation fund, for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, to carry out the purposes of this act.