1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 08/26/2015 03:05pm
A bill for an act
relating to transportation; directing the commissioner of transportation to adopt
consistent road design standards and report to the legislature.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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By August 15, 2016, the commissioner of transportation shall, in collaboration
with city and county engineers, establish and adopt design standards and guidelines to
be applied consistently to trunk highways, county state-aid highways, and municipal
state-aid streets with similar characteristics. The standards and guidelines must align the
state-aid standards with the Department of Transportation trunk highway standards and
technical memoranda as appropriate. The commissioner shall report the adopted standards
and guidelines to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of
representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy by August 15,
2016, and present an interim report by March 15, 2016.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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