Rumble Strips and Shoulder Markings (language only)

Item 492 #1c

Language
Page 353, after line 23, insert:
"It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Transportation shall expedite its program of installing grooved surfaces and other means of clearly identifying roadway shoulders along the Commonwealth's interstate and other limited-access highways, beginning with I-81.   The Commissioner of the Department of Transportation shall report to the Chairmen of the Senate Transportation and House Transportation Committees by November 1, 2003, on the progress the Department has made in installing grooved surfaces along interstate and limited-access highway shoulders.  The report shall include an estimated date for completion of the program and the remaining cost to complete it.  In addition, the report also shall provide data regarding the percentage of mileage completed by year."

Explanation
(This amendment is self-explanatory.)