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Committee reports road-exchange bill transferring short stretches between townships and state highway system
Summary
House Bill 333, which exchanges ownership of specified roads between East Hanover and South Hanover townships and the Commonwealth, was amended to add an additional township exchange and was reported out of committee unanimously.
The House Transportation Committee reported House Bill 333 as amended, a bill that exchanges specified local roads to be taken into the state highway system in Dauphin County and returns another state road to local control.
Committee staffer Kyle summarized the bill as an exchange in East Hanover Township and South Hanover Township in Dauphin County, supported by those townships and PennDOT. Chairman Benninghoff offered Amendment A0030; Kyle described the amendment as adding an exchange affecting Conewago Township in the Orsi district and making a technical change to the bill. The amendment was supported by the township and PennDOT and was adopted after no questions were recorded.
Chairman Benninghoff and other members explained the purpose of such exchanges is operational efficiency — for example, determining which jurisdiction will plow or maintain a short stretch of road so that maintenance is consolidated. No opposition or public testimony was recorded. The committee adopted Amendment A0030 and then unanimously reported House Bill 333 as amended to the full House.
