PRINTER'S NO. 3893
No. 2816 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, GEIST, LYNCH, TRUE, BATTISTO, JOSEPHS,
PISTELLA, COY, E. Z. TAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD, TRELLO AND
DONATUCCI, JUNE 27, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 27, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for revocation of certain route
3 approvals for combinations and hazardous material vehicles
4 and for erection of traffic-control devices.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 4908 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 4908. Operation of certain combinations on interstate and
10 certain primary highways.
11 * * *
12 (g) Construction zone route revocations.--Whenever any
13 interstate or other highway is designated as a construction zone
14 alternate route, the department, on its own motion to assure
15 public safety or at the request of an approving municipality,
16 may revoke any approvals for placarded hazardous material
17 vehicles or combinations to operate over that portion of the
18 highway designated as a construction zone alternate route. The
1 department shall provide an alternate route for any banned
2 vehicles.
3 Section 2. Section 6122(b) of Title 75 is amended to read:
4 § 6122. Authority to erect traffic-control devices.
5 * * *
6 (b) Standards for department approval.--
7 (1) The department shall promulgate rules and
8 regulations setting forth minimum standards and factors to be
9 considered in determining whether approval shall be given by
10 the department for the installation and maintenance of
11 official traffic-control devices. The factors shall include,
12 but not be limited to, the volume of traffic and the number
13 of accidents that occurred in each of the three preceding
14 years.
15 (2) Whenever the department designates a construction
16 zone alternate route, the department may immediately erect
17 such traffic devices as may be necessary to protect the
18 safety of motorists and residents. The traffic devices may
19 include speed restrictions, traffic-control signals and signs
20 and any other necessary devices.
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22 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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