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<a href="mailto:janew@awcnet.org">Jane Wall</a> | Feb 16, 2018
A bill addressing the population threshold of state route maintenance responsibilities passed out of the House on February 13, with overwhelming support. <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2948&Year=2017"><strong>HB 2948</strong></a>,<strong> </strong>Rep. Paul Graves (R-Fall City), would raise the population threshold for cities required to take on increased state route maintenance responsibilities.
A bill addressing the population threshold of state route maintenance responsibilities passed out of the House on February 13, with overwhelming support. HB 2948, Rep. Paul Graves (R-Fall City), would raise the population threshold for cities required to take on increased state route maintenance responsibilities. Currently, cities with a population of more than 25,000 carry greater responsibilities for the maintenance of state routes that run through their communities. These include requirements around maintaining traffic control signals and slope stability.
The bill was amended on the floor of the House of Representatives to raise the population threshold from 25,000 to 35,000, in five year increments of 2,500, through 2033.
AWC is very supportive of this legislation and appreciates Rep. Graves’s leadership in bringing this important policy change forward.
The bill now moves to the Senate Transportation Committee.