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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5491

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge and Bender

Read first time 1/26/89 and referred to Committee on   Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to edgestriping along certain roadways; adding a new section to chapter 47.36 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     It is the intent of the legislature to protect children and other pedestrians walking along roadways that do not have sidewalks.  A stripe at the edge of the roadway would provide a clear boundary between the traffic lane and shoulder of the roadway designated for pedestrian use.  It would be a significant aid to children and to older individuals with diminished visual capacity who often cannot judge where the road begins and the shoulder ends without a clear mark.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 47.36 RCW to read as follows:

          By July 1, 1992, each city and county shall place a clearly visible stripe at the edge of the paved roadway of principal and minor arterial and collector streets that do not have curbs and sidewalks and are inside urbanized areas.  For the purposes of this section, "urbanized area" means an area designated as such by the United States bureau of census and having a population of more than fifty thousand.