6080-S AMS BENT HOOV 002

SSB 6080 - S AMD - 329

    By Senator Benton

                         NOT ADOPTED 3/28/00; ROLL CALL VOTE 18-28

    On page 12, after line 10, insert the following:

    "(3) For each department of transportation geographic administrative region, the commission shall review the capacity of those highways known to have congestion problems, and determine at what percentage of capacity the highway is operating.  Those highways that are closest to capacity or most over capacity shall receive the highest priority. Within each department of transportation geographic administrative region, congestion relief projects shall be completed in the order of their prioritized ranking.  The highest priority projects in each region must be completed before starting on lower priority projects.

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EFFECT: Requires congestion relief construction projects to be prioritized based upon congestion within a given area.