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Committee hears bill to allow local "accident risk zones" as short‑term road safety tool
Summary
Lawmakers heard HB 2174, which would let local governments or the DOT designate temporary accident risk zones to prompt engineering studies, increased enforcement and penalties to fund safety improvements. Local officials urged edits on liability and implementation details.
House Local Government Committee members on Nov. 25 heard testimony on House Bill 2,174, which would authorize counties, cities or the state Department of Transportation to designate ‘‘accident risk zones’’ on public roads with high crash histories.
The bill’s staff briefing described a three‑part approach: require a public hearing before designation; mandate engineering and traffic investigations after designation; and direct half of monetary penalties from traffic infractions inside a zone into an account dedicated to engineering, signage and enforcement in that zone. "Once an accident risk zone is established, the establishing jurisdiction or the Department of Transportation must conduct an…
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