Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to road construction, modification, and repair project standards
Topics:Cities & countiesTransportation
Same legislation: HF 2451
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 7, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2451
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2451 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2451 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa Department of Transportation and county supervisors would have to follow new rules for notifying people and fixing property when they work on roads. These extra steps for construction and repairs do not apply to city projects. Additionally, the state must create one consistent way to measure how wide field entrances are allowed to be.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, the agency which has control and jurisdiction over a road has the power, on its own motion, to alter or vacate and close any such road and to establish new roads which are or are intended to become a part of the road system over which the agency has jurisdiction and control. This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) or county board of supervisors, as applicable, to take extra actions relating to notice, access, and restoration, listed in the bill, prior to, during, and after a road construction, modification, or repair project. The requirements do not apply to projects of cities. The bill also requires the DOT to adopt a uniform classification for field entrance widths. Currently, the DOT classifies field entrances in different classes when addressed in different contexts, including in DOT rules and published manuals.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2024. On February 1, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
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