SENATE FILE 14

BY  SODDERS

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring cable barriers on primary highways adjacent to borrow pits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  313.38  Borrow pit adjacent to highway.
   The department shall erect a high-tension cable barrier along that portion of a highway within the primary road system where a borrow pit is located within the highway right-of-way or on property adjacent to the highway right-of-way if the proximity of the borrow pit to the roadway poses a danger to public safety, as determined by the department.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires the department of transportation to erect a high-tension cable barrier along portions of a primary highway where a borrow pit is located within the highway right-of-way or on property adjacent to the right-of-way. The barrier is required at locations where the department determines that the proximity of a borrow pit to the roadway poses a danger to public safety.