FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6777

                              C 97 L 90

BYSenator Madsen

Designating state route number 706 as "The Road to Paradise."

Senate Committee on Transportation

House Committe on Transportation

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

State Route 706 runs from Elbe, Washington to the entrance of Mount Rainier National Park.  Many motorists travelling to Crystal Mountain on Interstate 5 mistakenly take State Route 7 which joins with SR 706 to reach this destination.  Designation of SR 706 as the "Road to Paradise" would provide notice that the road leads to Paradise Lodge at Mount Rainier.

SUMMARY:

State Route 706, beginning at a junction with State Route 7 at Elbe and progressing east to a southwest entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, is designated the "Road to Paradise."

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   47    0

     House 97  0

EFFECTIVE:June 7, 1990