HF 886 (LSB 2442HV (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 886

BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 614)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the state transportation commission to prioritize the improvement of United States highway 30.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 307A.2, subsection 5, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Identify, within the primary road system, a network of commercial and industrial highways in accordance with section 313.2A. The improvement of this network shall be considered in the development of the long-range program and plan of improvements under this section.  The commission shall prioritize the improvement of the segment of the highway known as United States highway 30 which crosses this state from the Missouri river west of Missouri Valley to the Mississippi river east of Clinton and shall include in its long-range program under subsection 3 plans to expand all portions of the highway consisting of two-lane roadways to four-lane divided roadways until the entire length of the highway is made up of four-lane divided roadways.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law delegates to the state transportation commission duties to develop, coordinate, and annually update a comprehensive transportation policy and plan for the state. The commission is required to prepare, adopt, and publish a long-range program for the primary road system. The program is required to be prepared for a period of at least five years and is required to be revised, brought up to date, and republished at least once every year in order to have a continuing five-year program.
   This bill requires the commission to prioritize the improvement of United States highway 30 and to include in its long-range program plans to expand all portions of the highway consisting of two-lane roadways to four-lane divided roadways until the entire length of the highway is made up of four-lane divided roadways.