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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2159

HB 2159: Transportation facilities

Maintaining and preserving transportation facilities and assets.

Summary

  • $ The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is directed to use effective highway maintenance and preservation strategies including a pavement management system, a maintenance element in the state highway system plan, and lowest lifecycle cost preservation methodologies.
  • $ The WSDOT is directed to: (1) use cost benefit analysis to guide investments; (2)
  • develop analytic tools to use a common methodology to measure costs and benefits for all transportation modes; and (3) use the most cost-effective pavement surfaces based upon durability.
  • $ The WSDOT = s priority programming for its improvement program must be based primarily upon: (1) addressing traffic congestion, delay and accidents; (2) locating projects within heavily traveled corridors; (3) synchronization with other projects and modes; and (4) cost-benefit analysis.
  • $ The WSDOT must adopt a joint trenching policy for state highways setting standards for restoration of cut pavement and requiring compensation for lost pavement life.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 20, 2001
  2. Out of committeeMar 8, 2001
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Maryann Mitchell (R-30)
Introduced
February 20, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2159, SHB 2159

AN ACT Relating to maintaining and preserving transportation facilities and assets;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Maryann Mitchell (R-30)

2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)

Ruth Fisher D-27Shirley Hankins R-8

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2159)
  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. (SHB 2159)
  3. Referred to Transportation. (SHB 2159)
  4. Referred to Transportation.
  5. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2159)
  8. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  9. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 2159)
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2159)
  12. TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  13. TR - Executive action taken by committee.
  14. First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 2159 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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