6044-S AMS QUIG S2470.3

SSB 6044 - S AMD TO S AMD (S-2674.2/95) - 228

By Senators Quigley, Long and Finkbeiner

                                                   ADOPTED 3/14/95

    On page 2, after line 10, insert the following:

    "The legislature finds that in the case of Highway 522, selected under this chapter, public support has not been demonstrated and therefore the secretary shall not proceed.  Among the demonstrations of nonsupport for inclusion of Highway 522 are:

(1) Over sixteen thousand citizens have signed petitions in opposition to the toll project;

(2) The majority of city councilmembers in Monroe, Duvall, and Index have made public statements opposing the toll project, and that the Woodinville chamber of commerce has officially opposed the toll project;

(3) No city council or chamber of commerce in the area has favored the toll project;

(4) Of the five hundred individuals who attended the public information hearings on the toll proposal, four hundred fifty-eight signed a petition requesting that the proposal be rejected;

(5) Businesses in Monroe, Woodinville, Duvall, Snohomish, Sultan, Startup, Gold Bar, Index, Skykomish, and Stevens Pass are extremely dependent on Highway 522 for commerce, that due to the rural nature of these areas no alternative for commerce exists, and that a toll on Highway 522 would severely inhibit their ability to stay in business; and

(6) In an informal poll of residents who currently use Highway 522 to shop, eighty-one and one-half percent of the respondents claimed they would be unlikely to continue shopping at these stores if a toll were imposed."

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