SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 6777

BYSenator Madsen

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

Senate Committee on Transportation

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 1, 1990

Majority Report:     Do pass.

     Signed by Senators Patterson, Chairman; von Reichbauer, Vice Chairman; Barr, Conner, DeJarnatt, Hansen, Madsen, Nelson, Sellar.

Senate Staff:Vicki Fabre (786-7313)

                February 9, 1990

AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 8, 1990

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 thence easterly to a southwest entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, is designated the "Road to Paradise."

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:   none

Fiscal Note:    none requested

Senate Committee - Testified:   Senator Madsen, prime sponsor