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MS HB25

Bill

Status

Failed

2/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Mark Formby

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Mississippi Department of Transportation to install rumble strips or similar audible warning devices along road shoulders when highways, roads, or streets under its jurisdiction are constructed, resurfaced, or have shoulders improved, effective July 1, 2017.

  • Exempts low speed zones within municipalities from the rumble strip requirement.

  • Exempts areas sensitive to noise pollution, including schools, churches, and hospitals, from the rumble strip requirement.

  • Exempts roads with insufficient shoulder width that would require acquiring additional right-of-way from the rumble strip requirement.

Legislative Description

Highways; require MDOT to install rumble strips along shoulders of newly constructed or resurfaced roadways.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/28/2017

Committee Referrals

Highways and Transportation2/20/2017
Transportation1/3/2017

Full Bill Text

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