Full Text of SB0508 94th General Assembly
SB0508sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 3/8/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 508
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 508 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | 5 |
| Section 4-220 as follows: | 6 |
| (605 ILCS 5/4-220 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 4-220. Accommodation of all roadway users. | 8 |
| (a) The General Assembly finds that it is the public policy | 9 |
| of this State that Department of Transportation projects must | 10 |
| adequately meet the transportation needs of all roadway users, | 11 |
| including those who travel along or across State roadways by | 12 |
| motor vehicle, foot, bicycle, or wheelchair. | 13 |
| (b) To support this policy and to meet the intent of | 14 |
| federal transportation law, the Department shall adopt the | 15 |
| Federal Highway Administration's "Accommodating Bicycle and | 16 |
| Pedestrian Travel" policy in a manner consistent with Illinois | 17 |
| law. The federal policy requires the routine inclusion of | 18 |
| bicycling and walking facilities in all projects except where | 19 |
| there is an absence of need, where cost limits are exceeded, | 20 |
| where bicyclists and pedestrians are prohibited, or where other | 21 |
| exceptional circumstances exist. | 22 |
| This policy does not apply to pavement resurfacing projects | 23 |
| that are in progress on January 1, 2006 and that do not widen | 24 |
| the existing roadway and do not provide stabilized shoulders, |
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| unless (i) local support is evident or (ii) bicycling and | 2 |
| walking accommodations can be added within the overall scope of | 3 |
| the original roadwork. | 4 |
| This policy shall become effective July 1, 2006 for | 5 |
| planning and training purposes only. For construction | 6 |
| projects, this policy shall become effective July 1, 2007. | 7 |
| (c) The Department shall file with the Governor and the | 8 |
| General Assembly, no later than March 1, 2007, a report | 9 |
| containing an evaluation of existing bicycle and pedestrian | 10 |
| accommodation in State roadway projects and a comparison of | 11 |
| these projects with federal guidelines and the best practices | 12 |
| of other states. | 13 |
| (d) The Department shall, no later than March 1, 2007, | 14 |
| submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a transition | 15 |
| plan for: | 16 |
| (1) specific policy and implementation changes | 17 |
| identified in the report and; | 18 |
| (2) training on bicycle and pedestrian accommodation | 19 |
| for all Department staff and contractors involved in | 20 |
| roadway planning and design.
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| (e) The Department shall report to the Governor and the | 22 |
| General Assembly, on March 1, 2007 and on March 1 of every | 23 |
| succeeding odd-numbered year, on the status of all planning and | 24 |
| construction projects that have included pedestrian, | 25 |
| wheelchair, and bicycle components. This reporting requirement | 26 |
| may be consolidated with other Department reporting | 27 |
| requirements to Governor and the General Assembly, if the | 28 |
| information required is distinctly available within the | 29 |
| reports. ".
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