HF 2808

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/06/2014 01:54pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; highways; requiring the commissioner of transportation
to utilize pavement material with a design life of at least 20 years; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.185, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.185, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 4.

Pavement design life.

(a) For purposes of this subdivision, "applicable
project" means a trunk highway project:

(1) that is categorized in the statewide transportation improvement program with a
program category of major construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or resurfacing;

(2) that adds, removes, or replaces a pavement surface layer by more than two
inches of paving material thickness;

(3) that involves within the construction limits:

(i) on a two-lane road, more than two miles of length of roadway; or

(ii) on a multilane road, more than 30,000 square yards of paving; and

(4) for which a notable portion of the roadway has an International Roughness
Index of 170 inches per mile or greater.

(b) The commissioner shall, on each applicable project, select pavement material
that has a design life of at least 20 years. For purposes of determining pavement design
life under this subdivision, the commissioner may not consider the life of pavement
following planned maintenance or repairs.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014.