Title 47 — Title 47 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
45 chapters · 1,269 sections in this title.
RCW 47.20.570 Manette bridge authorized.
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The department is authorized and directed to construct a bridge across Port Washington Narrows connecting state route number 304 at or near Bremerton with state route number 303 on the Manette Peninsula; to make surveys and plans; and to condemn or otherwise acquire such lands as…
RCW 47.20.580 Washington State University highway authorized.
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The department is hereby authorized and directed to locate, construct, pave, and maintain a suitable highway on the most feasible route beginning in the vicinity of the stadium of the Washington State University and extending in a northwesterly direction to a connection with stat…
RCW 47.20.590 University of Washington approach authorized.
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The department is hereby authorized and directed to select and locate a suitable and fitting street and highway approach to the University of Washington campus in the city of Seattle, from Roosevelt Way to Fifteenth Avenue northeast, including an underpass beneath the surface of …
RCW 47.20.600 Washington State University highway, University of Washington approach—Acquisition of property.
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The department is hereby authorized and directed in the name of the state of Washington to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, any and all private real estate, rights, and interests necessary to locate, construct, and maintain the Washington State University highway and t…
RCW 47.20.605 Washington State University highway, University of Washington approach—Public use.
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The use of the private real estate, rights, and interests, selected by the department as necessary for the approach, underpass, and highway is declared to be a public use.[ 1984 c 7 s 144; 1961 c 13 s 47.20.605. Prior: 1945 c 27 s 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 6402-43. Formerly RCW 47.20.…
RCW 47.20.610 Washington State University highway, University of Washington approach—Condemnation.
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In case of condemnation to secure any real estate, rights, or interests authorized under this chapter, the court actions shall be brought in the name of the state of Washington in the respective counties in which the real estate is located and in the manner provided by law for ac…
RCW 47.20.620 Washington State University highway, University of Washington approach—Measure of damage to buildings.
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If, in any condemnation proceeding authorized herein, it appears that there is any building wholly or partially upon any of the real estate to be taken, the jury, or the court, if the jury be waived, shall add to the value of the land taken the amount of damages to the building. …
RCW 47.20.630 Washington State University highway, University of Washington approach—Sale of buildings, personalty, acquired in acquisition of land.
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The department shall have power to sell at public or private sale any building, equipment, or fixtures acquired in the acquisition of the real estate for such price as it shall fix and to execute to the purchaser upon payment of the purchase price a bill of sale in the name of th…
RCW 47.20.635 University of Washington approach—Ordinance requisite—Construction and maintenance.
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No action may be taken by the department for the acquisition of real estate, rights, and interests for the approach and underpass to the University of Washington unless and until the city of Seattle, through its legislative authority, enacts an ordinance providing that the city o…
RCW 47.20.640 Reestablishment and redesignation of intersections when highway relocated.
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In any case where a state highway is relocated in such manner that it ceases to intersect another state highway, the department is authorized to extend and designate either of the state highways to reestablish an appropriate intersection.[ 1984 c 7 s 148; 1967 ex.s. c 145 s 44; 1…
RCW 47.20.645 Interstate 90 corridor—Legislative finding.
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The legislature finds that the department initiated route studies for the location of that segment of the national system of interstate and defense highways (interstate system) between south Bellevue and state route No. 5 in Seattle in 1957 culminating in a corridor public hearin…
RCW 47.20.647 Interstate 90 corridor—Withdrawal of local governments from project—Effect on use of state funds.
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(1) The Puget Sound council of governments (until July 1, 1975, known as the Puget Sound governmental conference) now engaged in a study of the withdrawal from the interstate system of that segment of state route No. 90 between the south Bellevue interchange and the Connecticut s…
RCW 47.20.653 Interstate 90 corridor—Court proceedings, priority.
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State court proceedings instituted to challenge the validity of any steps taken in pursuance of the construction of the segment of the interstate system between south Bellevue and state route No. 5 in Seattle, or the construction of substitute public mass transit projects in lieu…
RCW 47.20.700 State route No. 504 (Spirit Lake Memorial Highway)—Extension and parking facilities.
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The department of transportation may provide for the construction of an extension of state route number 504 from the vicinity of Maple Flats to the vicinity of the United States Corps of Engineers debris dam on the north fork of the Toutle river on an alignment to be approved by …
RCW 47.20.710 Quinault Tribal Highway—Agreement authorized—Route.
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The department of transportation is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the governing authority for the Indian peoples of the Quinault Indian Reservation and appropriate agencies of the United States for the location, design, right-of-way acquisition, constructi…
RCW 47.20.715 Quinault Tribal Highway—Maintenance, operation, improvements—Intersections, access.
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As a part of the agreement, the department may assume responsibility for the operation and maintenance and future improvement of the highway. The agreement may also reserve to the governing authority for the Indian peoples of the Quinault Indian Reservation authority to construct…
RCW 47.20.720 Quinault Tribal Highway—Certain portion as limited access.
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The department is authorized to determine the location of the highway from the township line to a junction with state route number 101 after consultations with the governing authority for the Indian peoples of the Quinault Indian Reservation and the bureau of Indian affairs. The …
RCW 47.20.725 Quinault Tribal Highway—Acquisition of remaining right-of-way.
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The department is authorized to acquire the remaining right-of-way for the Tribal Highway by purchase or by condemnation under state or federal eminent domain statutes. The secretary of transportation pursuant to the agreement is authorized to convey by deed to the governing auth…
RCW 47.20.730 Quinault Tribal Highway—Department as agent.
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Except as otherwise provided by RCW 47.20.710 through 47.20.735 or by the agreement authorized by RCW 47.20.710, the department may proceed with the location, design, acquisition of right-of-way, construction, and maintenance of the highway as an agent of the governing authority …
RCW 47.20.735 Quinault Tribal Highway—Authority to seek federal funding.
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The department is authorized to join with the governing authority for the Indian peoples of the Quinault Indian Reservation to seek federal funding for the construction of the Tribal Highway.[ 1985 c 228 s 6.]
RCW 47.20.740 Lummi Nation public road—Agreement authorized—Route.
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(1) The department is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the governing authority of the Lummi Nation and appropriate agencies of the United States for the location, design, construction, and maintenance of a public road beginning on Rural Avenue at the southern…
RCW 47.20.743 Lummi Nation roadway—Department may proceed with design and construction.
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The department is authorized to determine the location of the roadway in consultation with and approval by the governing authority of the Lummi Nation. The department may then proceed with the design and construction of the roadway. After construction of the roadway is complete, …
RCW 47.20.746 Lummi Nation roadway—Temporary easement—Governing authority of Lummi Nation.
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The cooperative agreement shall allow the department to request a temporary construction easement from the Lummi Nation for the purpose of constructing the new road. The cooperative agreement shall also reserve to the governing authority of the Lummi Nation authority to construct…
RCW 47.20.780 Design-build, progressive design-build, general contractor/construction manager procedures—Competitive bidding.
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(1) The department of transportation shall develop a process for awarding competitively bid highway construction contracts for projects that may be constructed using a design-build procedure, a progressive design-build procedure, or any general contractor/construction manager pro…
RCW 47.20.785 Design-build, progressive design-build, and general contractor/construction manager procedures—Public works projects.
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(1) The department of transportation is authorized to use the design-build procedure, progressive design-build procedure, and any general contractor/construction manager procedure for public works projects.(2) For the first three general contractor/construction manager projects t…
RCW 47.20.900 Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 272.
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If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 272 s 6.]