SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5413

BYSenators Peterson, Patterson, Hansen, Garrett and Barr; by request of Department of Transportation

Updating state highway descriptions.

Senate Committee on Transportation

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 12, 1987

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Peterson, Chairman; Hansen, Vice Chairman; Tanner, Vice Chairman; Bailey, Barr, Bender, Conner, DeJarnatt, Garrett, Halsan, Patterson, Smitherman.

Senate Staff:Gene Baxstrom (786-7303)

                  March 17, 1987

AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 16, 1987

BACKGROUND:

Housekeeping changes in existing state highway route descriptions are needed periodically to reflect new routes or adjustments on existing routes.  Approximately every two years, the Department of Transportation requests legislation to revise the statutory description of state highway routes to more accurately reflect recent changes in highway alignments.

SUMMARY:

The route descriptions of 24 state highways are updated, most with regard to clarifying existing locations and deleting superfluous descriptive language.

State route 97 between Wenatchee and Chelan is redesignated from the existing highway west of the Columbia River to the current SR 151 east of the Columbia River.  This route redesignation reflects the completion of the water grade route along the Columbia River east of Chelan.  The existing SR 97 is redesignated as SR 97 alternate.  That highway begins at a junction with SR 2 in the vicinity of Olds (just east of Wenatchee) and proceeds northerly by way of Entiat to a junction with the newly designated SR 150 in the vicinity of Chelan.

A brief section of highway is added to state route 150 in the vicinity of Chelan to designate that section of roadway connecting Chelan to the new SR 97 in the vicinity of Chelan station.

State route 151 is removed from the State Highway System, by virtue of portions of that roadway being redesignated SR 97 and SR 150.  A short segment of SR 151 is deleted from the State Highway System and returned to the county of Chelan.

Fiscal Note:      available

Senate Committee - Testified: Dave House, Transportation Planning Manager, Department of Transportation