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Committee schedules full day of highway safety testimony after recent wrong‑way and pedestrian incidents
Summary
Chair Matt Walker said the committee will hold a full day of testimony on highway safety within three to four weeks, citing recent wrong‑way drivers and pedestrian incidents near communities represented by members.
The House Transportation Committee said on Jan. 6 it will hold a full day of testimony on highway safety within about three to four weeks to examine recent incidents and prevention options.
“Any one is too many fatalities, and we've now had several wrong way, one way drivers on the interstate going the wrong way,” Representative Matt Walker said, citing recent wrong‑way motorists and close pedestrian incidents near communities represented on the committee as the impetus for the session.
Walker said the committee will use the hearing to determine whether additional policy, enforcement or engineering measures are appropriate and to gather information from agencies and stakeholders. He asked staff to prepare to collect testimony and other materials for that day.
No formal actions or votes were taken at the Jan. 6 meeting. Committee members did not detail specific proposals at the opening meeting; those will be shaped by testimony and agency reports planned for the upcoming hearing.
