HOUSE BILL REPORT

SSB 6697

BYSenate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator DeJarnatt)

Ordering a study of the need for a second bridge over the Columbia at Longview.

House Committe on Transportation

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (28)

      Signed by Representatives R. Fisher, Chair; Baugher, Vice Chair, Eastern Washington; R. Meyers, Vice Chair, Western Washington; Schmidt, Ranking Republican Member; Wood, Assistant Ranking Republican Member; Basich, Bennett, Betrozoff, Cantwell, Cooper, Day, G. Fisher, Forner, Gallagher, Hankins, Haugen, Heavey, Jones, Kremen, Nelson, Prentice, Prince, Smith, D. Sommers, Todd, Walker, S. Wilson and Zellinsky.

House Staff:Gene Schlatter (786-7316)

AS PASSED HOUSE MARCH 1, 1990

BACKGROUND:

The Lewis and Clark Bridge, which connects Longview, Washington and Rainier, Oregon, was built in 1929.

With economic development and growth, traffic on the bridge has become a major problem.

SUMMARY:

The Washington State Transportation Commission, in conjunction with local governments and the affected metropolitan planning organizations, is directed to study the feasibility of constructing a parallel bridge at Longview and a traffic survey of the Hood River Toll Bridge.  The results of this study shall be reported to the Legislative Transportation Committee by December 1, 1990.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    No one.

House Committee - Testified Against:      No one.

House Committee - Testimony For:    None.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None.