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Requiring the construction and maintenance of rumble strips on certain highways, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Transportation Committee
Topics:Cities & countiesTransportation
Same legislation: HF 2059
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 9, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local government agencies must install and take care of rumble strips on certain highways near stop signs or traffic signals. These strips are required where a road meets or crosses a primary highway, unless the road is unpaved, inside a city, near a home, or has a very low speed limit. If the state requires this work, local governments must pay for it using their road use tax money.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires any governmental entity which exercises jurisdiction over a highway to construct and maintain rumble strips on certain highways. The bill defines the term “rumble strips”. Under the bill, rumble strips are required in advance of all stop signs and traffic-control signals located on a highway where the highway enters or crosses a primary highway. However, rumble strips are not required if the segment of highway is unpaved, is inside the limits of any incorporated city, is within 200 yards of a person’s bona fide residence dwelling, or has a speed limit of less than miles per hour. 3. The bill requires that the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a political subdivision from road use tax fund moneys received by the political subdivision.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill. The bill applies to highways constructed on or after the effective date of the bill, and to a highway constructed before the effective date of the bill if the segment of the highway on which rumble strips would otherwise be required is improved pursuant to a planned improvement project commenced on or after the effective date of the bill. During the planned improvement project, the governmental entity exercising jurisdiction over the highway must construct rumble strips on the segment of the highway being improved unless rumble strips are not required or unless rumble strips have previously been constructed on the segment of highway in accordance with the bill.
Fiscal note
Cost: up to $260,000 Compare with other bills
AI summary This bill requires certain government entities to install and maintain rumble strips at specific highway intersections and stop signs. It is estimated to cost $260,000 per year over the next five fiscal years, which will impact the Primary Road Fund and county road budgets.3
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Description
House File 2344 requires that rumble strips be constructed and maintained by any governmental entity that exercises jurisdiction over a highway under Iowa Code section 306.4. The rumble strips are required in advance of all stop signs and traffic-control signals located on a highway where the highway enters or crosses a primary highway. This excludes segments of highways that:
- Are not paved.
- Are inside the limits of any incorporated city.
- Are within 200 yards of a person’s bona fide residence dwelling.
- Have a speed limit of less than 55 miles per hour.
The applicability of the Bill applies to:
- Highways constructed on or after the effective date of the Bill.
- Highways built before the effective date of the Bill, if the segment of the highway would require a rumble strip under the Bill, and is part of a planned improvement project that commenced on or after the effective date of the Bill.
Background
A rumble strip is defined in the Bill as a series of rough-textured, slightly raised or depressed grooves along the surface of a roadway used to alert motor vehicle operators about upcoming road conditions. Rumble strips are currently in use across the State of Iowa, though there is currently a statutory provision that requires the construction and maintenance of rumble strips in Iowa.
Under current law, Iowa Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, moneys from a political subdivision from the Road Use Tax Fund shall pay for the State cost of requiring compliance with any State mandate that is included in the Bill. All of the funding-related requirements of Iowa Code section 25B.2 shall be met by the Bill, and no other funding source shall be necessary to implement the Bill.
Assumptions
- There are currently 537 locations that will require the construction of rumble strips under House File 2344. The required rumble strips include:
- 195 rumble strips required at 3-leg intersections.
- 202 rumble strips required at 4-leg intersections.
- 140 rumble strips required at interchanges.
- The construction of a rumble strip is estimated to cost $1,860 per location, plus a standard contingency for unquantified bid items.
- The construction of the new rumble strips under the Bill will be spread over five years.
Fiscal Impact
House File 2344 is expected to cost $260,000 per year, over the next five fiscal years, and will impact the Primary Road Fund (PRF) and county road budgets.
Sources
- The Contracts and Specifications Bureau
- Center for Transportation Research and Education
- Iowa County Engineers
- Rumble Strips, Highway Intersections · March 7, 2022 · $260,000
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