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Bill would expand safe-system requirements to incorporate shared-use paths, trails and complete-streets flexibility
Summary
Senate Bill 5,581 would require WSDOT to incorporate safe-system strategies into highway and corridor projects by prioritizing sidewalks, shared-use paths and signage, allowing local or tribal active-transportation facilities to be used as mitigation in certain circumstances.
The Senate Transportation Committee heard staff and sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 5,581, which would implement "safe system" principles into state transportation projects by requiring the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to identify, consult on and incorporate bicycle and pedestrian facilities, shared-use paths and improved signage into highway and corridor design when appropriate.
Under the bill, WSDOT must reestablish severed recreational trails or design and acquire rights of way to accommodate future trail construction if a highway project would destroy or sever an existing high-usage trail. Shared-use paths are explicitly defined as facilities designed primarily for pedestrians and…
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