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Committee rejects DOT plan to run statewide sponsorship program for highway services
Summary
The House Transportation Committee voted 13–1 to recommend a do-not-pass on House Bill 1054, which would have authorized the North Dakota Department of Transportation to enter sponsorship agreements and use a vendor to manage litter pickup, rest-area maintenance and similar services with sponsor recognition signs in the highway right-of-way.
The House Transportation Committee recommended a do-not-pass on House Bill 1054, a Department of Transportation proposal to authorize sponsorship agreements for highway-related services and sponsor-recognition signs on the state highway system. The committee recorded a 13–1 recommendation against the bill after extensive questioning about contracting, signage, and potential commercial advertising in the right-of-way.
Matt Lindeman, deputy director for engineering at the North Dakota Department of Transportation, described the bill as a tool to "alternatively resource the operation and maintenance of highway facilities, including but not limited to…
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