SB 1066 Summary

• Eliminates the requirement that incorporated cities and villages participate in funding costs for opening, widening, and improving state trunk line highways within their borders.

• Makes the state transportation department solely responsible for bearing all costs of state trunk line highway projects, removing previous tiered cost-sharing requirements based on city/village population size.

• Removes provisions that previously required cities and villages with 25,000+ population to contribute 8.75% to 12.5% of project costs, with the state covering the remainder.

• Clarifies that "opening, widening, and improving" includes right-of-way costs, sidewalk and street lighting replacement, curbing, bridges, and grade separation structures.

• Allows mutual agreements between the state transportation department and cities/villages to determine highway widths, and permits townships or private parties to fund extra width beyond department standards.