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House Journal: Page 1667: Tuesday, April 16, 1996

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 1   essential for ensuring Iowans direct access to the
 2   nation's system of interstate highways and
 3   transportation services.
 4     The general assembly's past actions are consistent
 5   with the access Iowa plan.  The general assembly has
 6   set general policy guidelines for the state
 7   transportation commission's planning and programming
 8   development, directed that road service be equalized
 9   throughout the state, determined that a commercial and
10   industrial network of highways would benefit Iowa
11   transportation services, directed the commission to
12   focus at least part of their legislatively provided
13   resources on the commercial and industrial network,
14   and directed that the commission consider equalization
15   of accessibility for economic development as one of
16   the factors in establishing its plan and program
17   priorities for the commercial and industrial network.
18   These actions recognize that interstate commerce and
19   national economic development are furthered and
20   supported by the national system of interstate and
21   defense highways and the national highway system, and
22   that Iowa commerce and economic development are
23   supported by Iowa's commercial and industrial network
24   of highways.
25     2.  ACCESS IOWA HIGHWAY DESIGNATION.  The state
26   department of transportation shall designate portions
27   of the commercial and industrial network of highways
28   as access Iowa highways and shall expedite and
29   accelerate development of access Iowa highways.  When
30   designating those portions of the commercial and
31   industrial network as access Iowa highways, the
32   department shall consider the direct and priority
33   linkages between economic centers within the state
34   with populations of 20,000 or more and the enhancement
35   of intrastate mobility and Iowa regional accessibility
36   and national accessibility.
37     3.  REPORT.  The state department of transportation
38   shall provide a report to the general assembly by
39   January 15, 1997, designating which portions of the
40   commercial and industrial network of highways the
41   department determines to be access Iowa highways.  The
42   department shall list the highway improvements
43   necessary to provide modern and safe four-lane highway
44   service on access Iowa highways.  The report shall
45   include program changes and options needed to enable
46   the early, rapid, expedited, and accelerated
47   completion of the development of access Iowa highways,
48   including funding and other support necessary to
49   ensure the early completion of the construction of the
50   access Iowa highways.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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