Bill Text: CA AR31 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to State Highway Route 154.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-07-05 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5602.). [AR31 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AR31-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 31	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Achadjian)

                        JUNE 11, 2012

   Relative to State Highway Route 154.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 154 is located in Santa Barbara
County; and
   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 154 serves as a primary local
commuter corridor to residents linking communities north and south;
and
   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 154 is a two-lane, undivided,
mountainous, rural highway with tight curves, narrow shoulders, steep
grades, limited passing lanes and visibility with frequent inclement
weather that poses difficulty for many vehicles, especially large
trucks; and
   WHEREAS, Motorists not beginning or ending their trips in the area
utilize State Highway Route 154 as a shortcut to State Highway Route
101 and, therefore, are often unaware of the grade, the number of
turns, and navigable constraints of State Highway Route 154; and
   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 101 is the main north-south arterial
highway that provides a more suitable alternative route for commerce
to State Highway Route 154 through Santa Barbara County; and
   WHEREAS, Lake Cachuma, which is the primary source of drinking
water to southern Santa Barbara County, is immediately adjacent to
State Highway Route 154. Thus any accidental release of a hazardous
material could contaminate this water supply; and
   WHEREAS, Truck drivers who use State Highway Route 154 presuming
to save time are operating on incorrect information and are exposing
themselves and other motorists to additional hazards; and
   WHEREAS, The California Highway Patrol has increased enforcement
of laws and rules of the road on State Highway Route 154 to ensure
the safety of all drivers on this stretch of roadway; now, therefore,
be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly urges truck drivers traveling through Santa Barbara County
to continue on State Highway Route 101, which is more conducive to
handling traffic resulting from commerce, rather than using State
Highway Route 154 as a shortcut because the unnecessary traffic on
this narrow mountainous roadway increases congestion and potential
hazards for all motorists using State Highway Route 154; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.