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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6697

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senator DeJarnatt

Read first time 1/22/90 and referred to Committee on  Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to a Columbia river bridge study; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The Washington state transportation commission shall conduct a study of the feasibility of constructing a second bridge over the Columbia river parallel to the existing Lewis and Clark bridge at Longview, Washington (Columbia river bridge 433/1).  The study shall be conducted in conjunction with affected local governments including the metropolitan planning organization.  The commission shall report its findings to the legislative transportation committee by December 1, 1990.