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Committee advances bill requiring annual DOT reports on traffic volumes and accident data
Summary
The committee passed a bill requiring the highway department to provide annual statistical reports — including traffic volumes, routes with highest use and some accident statistics — intended to increase transparency on how new highway revenue is spent; the Department of Transportation said compiling the report will be an additional annual burden but the data exist.
A Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs committee advanced a bill that requires the state Department of Transportation to produce an annual report linking spending to traffic volumes and certain accident statistics.
Representative Lundstrom is identified in the record as the sponsor; a committee member said constituents want clearer accounting for how multimillion-dollar highway…
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