HOUSE BILL REPORT
SSB 6510
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As Reported by House Committee On:
Transportation
Title: An act relating to the extension of state route number 166.
Brief Description: Extending state route number 166.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer and Sheldon).
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Transportation: 2/26/10, 3/1/10 [DP].
Brief Summary of Substitute Bill |
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 22 members: Representatives Clibborn, Chair; Liias, Vice Chair; Rodne, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Armstrong, Campbell, Dickerson, Driscoll, Eddy, Finn, Flannigan, Johnson, Kristiansen, Moeller, Nealey, Rolfes, Sells, Shea, Simpson, Springer, Takko, Upthegrove and Wood.
Minority Report: Do not pass. Signed by 3 members: Representatives Roach, Ranking Minority Member; Ericksen and Herrera.
Staff: Christie Parker (786-7322).
Background:
A route jurisdiction transfer is the conversion of a state highway to a local road or the conversion of a local road to a state highway. Recommendations for transfers must be approved by the Legislature; these transfers can be generated directly through legislation, or they can come to the Legislature as a recommendation from the Washington State Transportation Commission. Criteria for making additions and subtractions to the highway system are established in state law.
State Route (SR) 166 currently runs from SR 16 northeasterly to the eastern city limits of Port Orchard.
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Summary of Bill:
State Route 166 is extended to run from SR 16 to the eastern Port Orchard city limits as they exist on the effective date of this act.
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Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available on original bill.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony:
(In support) The City of Port Orchard is a very small city. The fate of this bill is of extreme importance because it will cost more than $1 million to finish the rehabilitation project. The entire city road budget is $75,000. If the bill passes, it will benefit other cities that find themselves in the same situation.
(Opposed) The Washington State Department of Transportation does not support this bill. This road does not meet the criteria for a state highway. This was a county road until the city annexed additional land in 2002. The road is in bad shape and if the state takes ownership, it will have to do something about it. The costs to rehabilitate the road are significant.
Persons Testifying: (In support) Senator Kilmer, prime sponsor; Mark Dorsey and Larry Coppola, City of Port Orchard.
(Opposed) Kevin Dayton, Washington State Department of Transportation.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.