HOUSE FILE 162

BY  RUNNING-MARQUARDT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the contouring of certain portions of highway rights-of-way at T intersections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  314.30  T intersection —— modifications to right-of-way.
   When the department is engaged in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of a portion of a highway that contains a T intersection and the portion of the right-of-way opposite the junction of the intersecting roadways contains a steep slope or drop-off, the department shall improve the contour of the right-of-way to the extent practicable to mitigate any safety hazard, subject to available funding.
EXPLANATION
   This bill concerns hazardous steep slopes and drop-offs in the right-of-way opposite the junction of intersecting roadways at a T intersection. The bill requires the department of transportation to improve the contour of that portion of the right-of-way containing a steep slope or drop-off to the extent practicable to mitigate any safety hazard, subject to available funding, when the department is engaged in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of the portion of highway that includes the T intersection.