Concerning the implementation of practical design by the department of transportation.
Summary
Encourages the Washington state department of transportation (WSDOT) to continue to apply practical design in project delivery and specifies that the legislature expects practical design to result in reduced project costs.
Requires that significant changes to project title or scope as a result of practical design be approved by the legislature and requires that local governments and interested stakeholders review all proposed practical design changes prior to implementation.
Requires the WSDOT to notify the transportation committees of the legislature prior to letting any contract with a title or scope change.
Specifies that the WSDOT must evaluate projects at the end of the project design phase and determine practical design savings and report on the savings as part of its annual budget submittal.
Designates that savings attributable to practical design must be made available through the transportation future funding program for new connecting Washington projects, accelerating the schedule for existing connecting Washington projects, and preservation investments beginning in fiscal year 2024.
Allows the transportation future funding program to be used to accelerate the schedule of existing connecting Washington projects.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 2012), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
EnactedEnacted · Chapter 12, Laws of 2015, 3rd Special Session