SB34: Bill Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Senate BILL 34

February 12, 2003 - Introduced by Senator Erpenbach, cosponsored by Representative Travis. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.

SB34,1,2 An Act relating to: a certain highway improvement project on USH 51 in the city of Madison.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Transportation, during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, to expend funds not exceeding $300,000 for a highway improvement project on USH 51 at the intersection of Rieder Road in the city of Madison. The project may only be funded from federal funds available under the federal hazard elimination program, which provides funds for highway safety improvement projects, and funds may be expended only if the project is consistent with the requirements of, and regulations promulgated under, the federal hazard elimination program. The project must include construction of certain specified traffic lanes and installation of certain specified traffic control signals.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB34, s. 1 Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB34,2,11 (1) Improvements to USH 51 in city of Madison. Notwithstanding section 85.07 of the statutes, during the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall expend funds not to exceed $300,000 from federal funds available under 23 USC 152 for a highway improvement project on USH 51 at the intersection of Rieder Road in the city of Madison in Dane County, if the project is consistent with the requirements of 23 USC 152 and regulations promulgated under 23 USC 152. The project shall include reconstruction of the southbound lanes of USH 51 at Rieder Road to incorporate a divided deceleration and turn lane on USH 51 for southbound traffic turning east onto Rieder Road from USH 51 and a divided acceleration lane on USH 51 for traffic traveling west on Rieder Road turning south onto USH 51. The project shall also include installation of any traffic control signals necessary to allow traffic traveling west on Rieder Road to turn onto southbound USH 51 without requiring southbound traffic on USH 51 to stop.

SB34,2,12 (End)