SUMMARY--Urges department of transportation to allocate money available from Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 for certain projects in Lake Tahoe Basin. (BDR R-211)
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Urging the department of transportation to include certain projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin in its list of projects eligible to receive the money set aside for transportation enhancement activities pursuant to the Interstate Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and urging the board of directors of the department to allocate money for those projects based upon its determination of priorities.
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Whereas, Streets and highways occupy approximately 40 percent of the total ground covered in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
Whereas, The runoff of water from streets and highways contributes to the degradation of the supply of water in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
Whereas, The Federal Government passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and
Whereas, The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 requires each state to use 10 percent of the money it receives from the federal government for surface transportation programs to finance transportation enhancement activities which include landscaping or other scenic beautification projects and projects for the mitigation of water pollution caused by the runoff of water from streets and highways; and
Whereas, The Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation chooses the projects that receive the money set aside for transportation enhancement activities from a list of eligible projects submitted to the board by the department; and
Whereas, The completion of certain projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin that are eligible for money set aside for transportation enhancement activities would control a major portion of the runoff and erosion from streets and highways in the basin and increase the scenic beauty of the areas surrounding those streets and highways; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly Concurring, That the Department of Transportation is hereby urged to include the following projects on the list of projects eligible to receive the money set aside for transportation enhancement activities pursuant to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991:
1. The project to improve landscaping, water quality and sidewalk facilities along state highway Route No. 28 on the north shore of Lake Tahoe from the Nevada state line to Reservoir Drive, commonly referred to as the North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project;
2. The project to control erosion and treat the runoff of water along state highway Route No. 28 from Lakeshore Boulevard to Spooner Summit, commonly referred to as the Lakeshore Boulevard to Spooner Summit Project;
3. The project to construct parking facilities along state highway Route No. 28, commonly referred to as the Alternative Parking Facilities Project;
4. The completion of the project adjacent to U.S. Highway No. 50 in Stateline, Nevada, that is designed to improve the drainage to Edgewood Creek from the Loop Road to the commercial area at the lower end of Kingsbury Grade;
5. The performance of an engineering study to determine the actions necessary to control erosion and treat the runoff of water on U.S. Highway No. 50 from Spooner Summit to Kingsbury Grade; and
6. The performance of an engineering study to determine the actions necessary to control erosion and treat the runoff of water on Kingsbury Grade; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation is hereby urged to allocate to those projects, based upon its determination of priorities, such an amount of the money set aside for transportation enhancement activities pursuant to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as it deems appropriate; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director and the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation.