2359-S AMH TR NEAL 27AMD #019 FAILED 1/31/02

By Representative Woods

SHB 2359 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Transportation

     On page 2, beginning on line 22, after "means" strike everything through "facilities." on line 30, and insert ":

     (a) A capital improvement or improvements to all or a portion of a highway of statewide significance, including an extension, that adds a lane or new lanes to an existing state or federal highway;

     (b) A capital improvement or improvements to all or a portion of a highway of statewide significance, including an extension, that repairs or replaces a lane or lanes damaged by an event declared an emergency by the governor before January 1, 2002; or

     (c) A capital improvement to:

     (i) A state ferry terminal; or

     (ii) Improve freight mobility at a rail crossing on a state highway, including rail improvements.

     (d) A transportation project as defined in (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection may include the following associated multimodal capital improvements of:

     (i) Approaches to highways of statewide significance;

     (ii) High-occupancy vehicle lanes;

     (iii) Flyover ramps;

     (iv) Park and ride lots;

     (v) Bus pullouts;

     (vi) Vans for vanpools;

     (vii) Buses; and

     (viii) Signalization, ramp metering, and other transportation system management improvements.

     Operations, preservation, and maintenance are excluded from this definition."

EFFECT:  Limits definition of "transportation projects" that can be funded under the act to improvements or earthquake repairs to highways of statewide significance, capital improvements to state ferry terminals or state highway rail crossings and specified multimodal capital improvements developed in conjunction with these projects.