S.F. 117 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 313.69 Rest area construction —— 1 retention of existing rest areas. 2 Before the department determines whether to build a new rest 3 area, the department shall conduct a thorough cost-benefit 4 analysis to compare the cost of locating and constructing a 5 new rest area and the cost of keeping an existing rest area 6 open. The department shall consider all available options for 7 reconstructing, expanding, or otherwise improving an existing 8 rest area in accordance with section 306C.21 and shall not 9 proceed with construction of a new rest area unless it is 10 determined that making improvements to the existing rest area 11 would be cost prohibitive. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill requires the department of transportation to 16 conduct a cost-benefit analysis before proceeding with 17 construction of a new rest area along an interstate, freeway 18 primary, or primary highway. The department is to consider all 19 available options for reconstructing, expanding, or otherwise 20 improving existing rest areas and may not proceed with new 21 construction unless it is determined that making improvements 22 to the existing rest area would be cost prohibitive. 23 -1- LSB 1760XS (2) 86 ns/sc 1/ 1