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Committee approves HB198 first substitute to ease billboard relocations tied to highway widening; passes favorably 10–1 after debate
Summary
House Bill 198 (first substitute), which lengthens the distance billboard owners may relocate along the same highway when displaced by state highway projects, was adopted by the Transportation Interim Committee and passed out favorably 10–1.
Representative Peterson presented House Bill 198 (first substitute), which increases the linear relocation distance for billboards displaced by highway projects — from 1 mile to 4 miles on interstates and from ½ mile to 1 mile on state highways — and clarifies where relocated signs may be placed.
The sponsor said the bill does not allow signs to move off the same highway or into residential neighborhoods and that the change is intended to avoid expensive buyouts of sign property: "Either we can help them find a location to put their sign or we're gonna have to buy them out," Peterson said. He also said the change was negotiated with the Utah League of Cities and Towns.
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