Creating a regional transportation commission. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Modifying regional transportation governance provisions.)
Summary
Creating a new Regional Transportation Commission to evaluate transportation governance and planning in the Puget Sound region and develop a proposal for regional transportation governance options to be submitted to the 2007 Legislature.
Modifying the planning and revenue statutes of the Regional Transportation Investment District (RTID), and requiring that a common roads-transit ballot measure be submitted by the RTID and the Regional Transit Authority at the 2007 general election.
Authorizing King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties to establish single-county Regional Transportation Investment Districts and transportation benefit districts for broadly defined local transportation projects after December 1, 2007.
Establishing an expert review panel for the Alaskan Way viaduct and Seattle seawall replacement project and the State Route 520 bridge replacement and HOV project, to review project finance plans and implementation plans on each project and report findings by September 1, 2006, and that city voters or the city council indicate the choice of preferred alternative on the Alaskan Way project by early November 2006.
Requiring, before the Department of Transportation commences construction, a record of decision reasonably assuring affected cities and towns that impacts of the State Route 520 bridge replacement and HOV project will be addressed.
Requiring environmental and financial planning work be completed on both the Alaskan Way viaduct and Seattle seawall replacement project and the State Route 520 bridge replacement and HOV project, before the Department of Transportation may commence construction.
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 2871), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗