Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation.
47.01.280 - Application for improvements to existing highways.

RCW 47.01.280
Application for improvements to existing highways.

(1) Upon receiving an application for improvements to an existing state highway or highways pursuant to RCW 43.160.074 from the community economic revitalization board, the department shall, in a timely manner, determine whether or not the proposed state highway improvements:
(a) Meet the safety and design criteria of the department of transportation;
(b) Will impair the operational integrity of the existing highway system; and
(c) Will affect any other improvements planned by the department.
(2) Upon completion of its determination of the factors contained in subsection (1) of this section and any other factors it deems pertinent, the department shall forward its approval, as submitted or amended or disapproval of the proposed improvements to the board, along with any recommendation it may wish to make concerning the desirability and feasibility of the proposed development. If the department disapproves any proposed improvements, it shall specify its reasons for disapproval.
(3) Upon notification from the board of an application's approval pursuant to RCW 43.160.074, the department shall carry out the improvements in coordination with the applicant.

[ 2006 c 334 § 7; 2005 c 319 § 121; 1999 c 94 § 10; 1985 c 433 § 6.]
NOTES:

Effective date—2006 c 334: See note following RCW 47.01.051.


Findings—Intent—Part headings—Effective dates—2005 c 319: See notes following RCW 43.17.020.


Legislative finding—Effective dates—1999 c 94: See notes following RCW 43.84.092.


Nonseverability—1985 c 433: See note following RCW 43.160.074.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation

Chapter 47.01 - Department of Transportation.

47.01.011 - Legislative declaration.

47.01.021 - Definitions.

47.01.031 - Department created—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.

47.01.041 - Secretary of transportation—Appointment, salary, removal.

47.01.051 - Commission created—Appointment of members—Terms—Qualifications—Removal.

47.01.061 - Commission—Procedures and internal operations.

47.01.070 - Director's and commissioner's prior assignments may be delegated.

47.01.071 - Commission—Functions, powers, and duties.

47.01.075 - Transportation policy development.

47.01.078 - Transportation system policy goals—Duties.

47.01.081 - Department—Organization—Management personnel.

47.01.091 - Advisory councils.

47.01.101 - Secretary—Authority and duties.

47.01.131 - Continuation of state services to department.

47.01.170 - Right of entry.

47.01.180 - Roads and bridges in state parks.

47.01.190 - State aid engineer.

47.01.210 - Contract without bid or bond with public utilities and municipal corporations.

47.01.240 - Coordination of long-range needs studies.

47.01.250 - Consultation with designated state officials.

47.01.260 - Authority of department.

47.01.270 - Radioactive or hazardous cargo, notice of prohibition.

47.01.280 - Application for improvements to existing highways.

47.01.290 - Environmental review of transportation projects.

47.01.300 - Environmental review of transportation projects—Cooperation with other environmental regulatory authorities.

47.01.305 - Environmental mitigation in highway construction projects—Public lands first or other sites that avoid loss of long-term, commercially significant agricultural lands.

47.01.315 - Work group on review processes under state and national environmental policy acts for state highway projects—Report.

47.01.330 - Office of transit mobility.

47.01.340 - Local and regional transportation goals.

47.01.380 - State route No. 520 improvements—Exceptions.

47.01.390 - Alaskan Way viaduct, Seattle Seawall, and state route No. 520 improvements—Requirements—Exceptions.

47.01.402 - Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project—Deep bore tunnel option—Funding, accountability, and responsibility.

47.01.408 - State route No. 520 improvements—Design requirements.

47.01.412 - State route No. 520 improvements—Tax deferrals—Definition.

47.01.415 - State route No. 520 improvements—Finance plan.

47.01.417 - State route No. 520 improvements—Finance plan—Revenue sources and savings recognition.

47.01.420 - Naming and renaming state transportation facilities.

47.01.425 - Jurisdictional transfers.

47.01.430 - Wounded combat veterans internship program.

47.01.435 - Highway construction workforce development—Reports.

47.01.440 - Adoption of statewide goals to reduce annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 2050—Department's duties—Reports to the legislature.

47.01.450 - Funding special needs transportation, application for—Deference to agency council on coordinated transportation recommendations.

47.01.460 - Adjustments to recreational vehicle fees.

47.01.470 - Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.

47.01.475 - Transfer of ownership of department-owned vessel—Further requirements.

47.01.480 - Connecting Washington project delivery—JUDY transportation future funding program—Report.

47.01.485 - Final determination by local governments on department permit application for state highway projects less than five hundred million dollars, when due—Annual report.

47.01.490 - Reporting engineering errors on highway construction projects—Requirements.

47.01.495 - Construction program business plan—Requirements—Progress reports—Advisory group.

47.01.500 - Design and construction of bridges across navigable rivers or waterways—Feasibility report on public access.

47.01.505 - Interstate 5 Columbia river bridge project—Joint legislative action committee.

47.01.510 - Autonomous vehicle executive and legislative work group.

47.01.515 - Environmental justice obligations of the department of transportation.

47.01.520 - Publicly available mapping and forecasting tool—Charging and refueling infrastructure locations and information.