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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.100 - Tolls—Setting—Lien on.

RCW 47.46.100
Tolls—Setting—Lien on.
(1) The commission shall fix the rates of toll and other charges for all toll bridges built under this chapter that are financed primarily by bonds issued by the state. Subject to RCW 47.46.090, the commission may impose and modify toll charges from time to time as conditions warrant.
(2) In establishing toll charges, the commission shall give due consideration to any required costs for operating and maintaining the toll bridge or toll bridges, including the cost of insurance, and to any amount required by law to meet the redemption of bonds and interest payments on them.
(3) The toll charges must be imposed in amounts sufficient to:
(a) Provide annual revenue sufficient to provide for annual operating and maintenance expenses, except as provided in RCW 47.56.245;
(b) Make payments required under RCW 47.56.165 and 47.46.140, including insurance costs and the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for any particular toll bridge or toll bridges; and
(c) Repay the motor vehicle fund under RCW 47.46.110, 47.56.165, and 47.46.140.
(4) The bond principal and interest payments, including repayment of the motor vehicle fund for amounts transferred from that fund to provide for such principal and interest payments, constitute a first direct and exclusive charge and lien on all tolls and other revenues from the toll bridge concerned, subject to operating and maintenance expenses.
[ 2002 c 114 § 7.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.105 - Tolls—Electronic toll collection and photo toll systems—Administrative fees—Violation.

RCW 47.46.105
Tolls—Electronic toll collection and photo toll systems—Administrative fees—Violation.
(1) A toll collection system may include, but is not limited to, electronic toll collection and photo tolling.
(2)(a) A photo toll system may take photographs, digital photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images of the vehicle and vehicle license plate only.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all photographs, digital photographs, microphotographs, videotape, other recorded images, or other records identifying a specific instance of travel prepared under this chapter are for the exclusive use of the tolling agency for toll collection and enforcement purposes and are not open to the public and may not be used in a court in a pending action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding relates to a civil penalty under RCW 46.63.160. No photograph, digital photograph, microphotograph, videotape, other recorded image, or other record identifying a specific instance of travel may be used for any purpose other than toll collection or enforcement of civil penalties under RCW 46.63.160. Records identifying a specific instance of travel by a specific person or vehicle must be retained only as required to ensure payment and enforcement of tolls and to comply with state records retention policies.
(3) The department and its agents shall only use electronic toll collection system technology for toll collection purposes.
(4) Tolls may be collected and paid by the following methods:
(a) A customer may pay an electronic toll through an electronic toll collection account;
(b) A customer who does not have an electronic toll collection account may pay a photo toll either through a customer-initiated payment or in response to a toll bill; or
(c) A customer who does not have an electronic toll collection account may pay with cash on toll facilities that have a manual cash collection system.
(5) To the extent practicable, the department shall adopt electronic toll collection options, which allow for anonymous customer accounts and anonymous accounts that are not linked to a specific vehicle.
(6) The transportation commission shall adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, to assess administrative fees as appropriate for toll collection processes. Administrative fees must not exceed toll collection costs. All administrative fees collected under this section must be deposited into the toll facility account of the facility on which the toll was assessed.
(7) Failure to pay a photo toll by the toll payment due date is a violation for which a notice of civil penalty may be issued under RCW 46.63.160.
[ 2010 c 249 § 4; 2004 c 230 § 2.]
NOTES:
Contingent effective date—2010 c 249: See note following RCW 47.56.795.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.110 - Tolls—Term, use.

RCW 47.46.110
Tolls—Term, use.
(1) The commission shall retain toll charges on any existing and future facilities constructed under this chapter and financed primarily by bonds issued by the state until:
(a) All costs of investigation, financing, acquisition of property, and construction advanced from the motor vehicle fund have been fully repaid, except as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section;
(b) Obligations incurred in constructing that facility have been fully paid;
(c) The motor vehicle fund is fully repaid under RCW 47.46.140; and
(d) The accounts from which moneys are provided to reduce the debt service according to RCW 47.46.190(5) are fully repaid.
(2) This section does not:
(a) Prohibit the use of toll revenues to fund maintenance, operations, or management of facilities constructed under this chapter except as prohibited by RCW 47.56.245;
(b) Require repayment of funds specifically appropriated as a nonreimbursable state financial contribution to a project.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)(a) of this section, upon satisfaction of the conditions enumerated in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) The facility must be operated as a toll-free facility; and
(b) The operation, maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the facility must be paid from funds appropriated for the use of the department for the construction and maintenance of the primary state highways of the state of Washington.
[ 2018 c 195 § 3; 2002 c 114 § 8.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.120 - Toll increases in excess of fiscal growth factor.

RCW 47.46.120
Toll increases in excess of fiscal growth factor.
Pursuant to RCW 43.135.055, the legislature authorizes the transportation commission to increase bridge tolls in excess of the fiscal growth factor.
[ 2002 c 114 § 9.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.130 - Use of state bond proceeds.

RCW 47.46.130
Use of state bond proceeds.
Proceeds of the sale of bonds issued by the state for projects constructed under this chapter must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special account designated for those purposes. Those proceeds must be expended only for the purposes enumerated in this chapter, for payment of the expense incurred in the issuance and sale of any such bonds, and to repay the motor vehicle fund for any sums advanced to pay the cost of surveys, location, design, development, right-of-way, and other activities related to the financing and construction of the bridge and its approaches.
[ 2002 c 114 § 10.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.140 - Repayment of motor vehicle fund from toll charges.

RCW 47.46.140
Repayment of motor vehicle fund from toll charges.
Toll charges must be used to repay the motor vehicle fund consistent with RCW 47.56.165 for any amounts transferred from the motor vehicle fund to the highway bond retirement fund under RCW 47.10.847 to provide for bond retirement and interest on bonds issued for the Tacoma Narrows public-private initiative project. Toll charges must remain on any facility financed by bonds issued by the state for a length of time necessary to repay the motor vehicle fund for any amounts expended from that fund for the design, development, right-of-way, financing, construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of the toll facility or for amounts transferred from the motor vehicle fund to the highway bond retirement fund under RCW 47.10.847 to provide for bond retirement and interest on bonds issued for the Tacoma Narrows public-private initiative project. Funds specifically appropriated as a nonreimbursable state financial contribution to the project do not require repayment.
[ 2002 c 114 § 12.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.150 - Alteration not a new proposal.

RCW 47.46.150
Alteration not a new proposal.
If a proposal is or has been selected for the design, development, construction, maintenance, or operation of transportation systems or facilities under this chapter, subsequent agreements may be made to implement portions of the proposal that modify the proposal or that do not incorporate all the features of the proposal. Any such modified agreement does not require the solicitation or consideration of additional proposals for all or any portion of the services rendered under that modified agreement. Modified agreements may provide for the reimbursement of expenses and fees incurred under earlier agreements.
[ 2002 c 114 § 13.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.160 - Applicable rules and statutes.

RCW 47.46.160
Applicable rules and statutes.
All projects designed, constructed, and operated under this chapter must comply with all applicable rules and statutes in existence at the time the agreement is executed, including but not limited to the following provisions: Chapter 39.12 RCW, this title, *RCW 41.06.380, chapter 47.64 RCW, RCW 49.60.180, and 49 C.F.R. Part 21.
[ 2002 c 114 § 14.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 41.06.380 was repealed by 2002 c 354 § 403, effective July 1, 2005.
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.170 - Application of RCW 47.46.040 and 47.46.050.

RCW 47.46.170
Application of RCW 47.46.040 and 47.46.050.
RCW 47.46.040 and 47.46.050 apply only to those agreements that include private sources of financing in whole or in part.
[ 2002 c 114 § 15.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.180 - Legislative oversight committee.

RCW 47.46.180
Legislative oversight committee.
A legislative oversight committee is established to monitor and report on the progress, execution, and efficiency of design-build contracts issued under this chapter. The legislative oversight committee will be comprised of one legislator from each caucus of each chamber of the legislature. The leadership of each caucus shall appoint one member from his or her respective caucus to serve on the legislative oversight committee authorized by this section.
[ 2002 c 114 § 25.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2002 c 114: See RCW 47.46.011.
Captions not law—2002 c 114: See note following RCW 47.46.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.200 - Reports—Determination of contribution amount from nontoll sources—Maintenance of debt service plan repayment schedule—Annual expected toll revenue information to be used for repayment of state contribution loans—Private right of action not created.

RCW 47.46.200
Reports—Determination of contribution amount from nontoll sources—Maintenance of debt service plan repayment schedule—Annual expected toll revenue information to be used for repayment of state contribution loans—Private right of action not created.
(1) Through 2031, the commission shall submit to the transportation committees of the legislature on an annual basis a report that includes sufficient information to enable the legislature to determine an adequate amount of contribution from nontoll sources required for each fiscal biennium to maintain the debt service plan repayment schedule in place as of June 7, 2018. The report must be submitted by January 5th of each year.
(2) Beginning in 2031, and until such time as the state contribution loans described in RCW 47.46.190(4) are repaid, the commission shall submit to the transportation committees of the legislature on an annual basis a report that includes information detailing the annual expected toll revenue to be used for repayment of the state contribution loans. The report must be submitted by January 5th of each year.
(3) This section does not create a private right of action.
[ 2022 c 223 § 3; 2018 c 195 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.46 - Public-Private Transportation Initiatives. › 47.46.900 - Effective date—1993 c 370.

RCW 47.46.900
Effective date—1993 c 370.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1993.
[ 1993 c 370 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.48 - Closing Highways and Restricting Traffic. › 47.48.010 - Closure or restriction authorized—Restriction for urban public transportation system use.

RCW 47.48.010
Closure or restriction authorized—Restriction for urban public transportation system use.
Whenever the condition of any state highway, county road, or city street, either newly or previously constructed, altered, repaired, or improved, or any part thereof is such that for any reason its unrestricted use or continued use by vehicles or by any class of vehicles will greatly damage that state highway, county road, or city street, or will be dangerous to traffic, or it is being constructed, altered, repaired, improved, or maintained in such a manner as to require that use of the state highway, county road, or city street, or any portion thereof be closed or restricted as to all vehicles or any class of vehicles for any period of time, the secretary, if it is a state highway, the county legislative authority, if it is a county road, or the governing body of any city or town, if it is a city street, is authorized to close the state highway, county road, or city street, as the case may be, to travel by all vehicles or by any class of vehicles, or may declare a lower maximum speed for any class of vehicles, for such a definite period as it shall determine. Nothing in the law of this state prevents the secretary, county legislative authority, or governing body of any city or town from classifying vehicles according to gross weight, axle weight, height, width, length, braking area, performance, vehicle combinations, or tire equipment for the purposes of this section, or from restricting the use of any portion of any state highway, county road, or city street, as the case may be, to its use by an urban public transportation system.
[ 1984 c 7 § 238; 1977 ex.s. c 216 § 1; 1967 c 108 § 9; 1961 c 13 § 47.48.010. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 65; RRS § 6400-65; prior: 1929 c 214 § 1; 1927 c 232 § 1; 1921 c 21 § 1; RRS § 6839.]
NOTES:
Restrictions on public highways to prevent damage: RCW 46.44.080.
Urban public transportation system defined: RCW 47.04.082.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.48 - Closing Highways and Restricting Traffic. › 47.48.020 - Notice of closure or restriction—Emergency closure.

RCW 47.48.020
Notice of closure or restriction—Emergency closure.
Before any state highway, county road, or city street is closed to, or the maximum speed limit thereon reduced for, all vehicles or any class of vehicles, a notice thereof including the effective date shall be published in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city or town in which such state highway, county road, or city street or any portion thereof to be closed is located; and a like notice shall be posted on or prior to the date of publication of such notice in a conspicuous place at each end of the state highway, county road, or city street or portion thereof to be closed or restricted: PROVIDED, That no such state highway, county road, or city street or portion thereof may be closed sooner than three days after the publication and the posting of the notice herein provided for: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in cases of emergency or conditions in which the maximum time the closure will be in effect is twelve hours or less the proper officers may, without publication or delay, close state highways, county roads, and city streets temporarily by posting notices at each end of the closed portion thereof and at all intersecting state highways if the closing be of a portion of a state highway, at all intersecting state highways and county roads if the closing be a portion of a county road, and at all intersecting city streets if the closing be of a city street. In all emergency cases or conditions in which the maximum time the closure will be in effect is twelve hours or less, as herein provided, the orders of the proper authorities shall be immediately effective.
[ 1982 c 145 § 5; 1977 ex.s. c 216 § 2; 1961 c 13 § 47.48.020. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 66, part; RRS § 6400-66, part; prior: 1921 c 21 § 2, part; RRS § 6840, part. Formerly RCW 47.48.020 and 47.48.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.48 - Closing Highways and Restricting Traffic. › 47.48.031 - Emergency closures by state patrol.

RCW 47.48.031
Emergency closures by state patrol.
(1) Whenever the chief or another officer of the state patrol determines on the basis of a traffic investigation that an emergency exists or less than safe road conditions exist due to human-caused or natural disasters or extreme weather conditions upon any state highway, or any part thereof, state patrol officers may determine and declare closures and temporarily reroute traffic from any such affected highway.
(2) Any alteration of vehicular traffic on any state highway due to closure in emergency conditions is effective until such alteration has been approved or altered by the secretary of transportation or other department of transportation authorities in their local respective jurisdictions.
(3) All state highway closures by officers of the state patrol shall be immediately reported to the secretary of transportation and to other authorities in their local jurisdictions.
[ 1981 c 197 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.48 - Closing Highways and Restricting Traffic. › 47.48.040 - Penalty.

RCW 47.48.040
Penalty.
Except as provided under RCW 47.48.060, when any state highway, county road, or city street or portion thereof shall have been closed, or when the maximum speed limit thereon shall have been reduced, for all vehicles or any class of vehicles, as by law provided, any person, firm, or corporation disregarding such closing or reduced speed limit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall in addition to any penalty for violation of the provisions of this section, be liable in any civil action instituted in the name of the state of Washington or the county or city or town having jurisdiction for any damages occasioned to such state highway, county road, or city street, as the case may be, as the result of disregarding such closing or reduced speed limit.
[ 2007 c 252 § 3; 1977 ex.s. c 216 § 3; 1961 c 13 § 47.48.040. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 67; RRS § 6400-67; prior: 1921 c 21 § 3; RRS § 6841.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.48 - Closing Highways and Restricting Traffic. › 47.48.050 - Transportation of radioactive or hazardous cargo—Definition—Violation, penalty.

RCW 47.48.050
Transportation of radioactive or hazardous cargo—Definition—Violation, penalty.
The chief or other officer of the Washington state patrol may prohibit the transportation of placarded radioactive or hazardous cargo over the highways of the state, or a portion thereof, if weather or other conditions create a substantial risk to public safety. For the purposes of this section hazardous cargo shall mean hazardous materials as defined in RCW 70.136.020(1). Violation of an order issued under this section constitutes a misdemeanor.
[ 1983 c 205 § 1.]
NOTES:
Regulations on notice of prohibition on radioactive or hazardous cargo: RCW 47.01.270.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.48 - Closing Highways and Restricting Traffic. › 47.48.060 - Registry of persons allowed access to property to conduct fire prevention despite closures—Liability.

RCW 47.48.060
Registry of persons allowed access to property to conduct fire prevention despite closures—Liability.
(1) Each county sheriff may, until a model policy pursuant to RCW 36.28A.140 is developed and implemented in the sheriff's county, establish and maintain a registry of persons authorized to access their land during a forest [fire] or wildfire. Upon request, the sheriff must include in the registry persons who demonstrate ownership of agriculture land or forestland within the county and who possess equipment that may be used for fire prevention or suppression activities. Persons included in the registry must be allowed to access their property to conduct fire prevention or suppression activities despite the closure of any state highway, county road, or city street under this chapter.
(2)(a) Residents, landowners, and others in lawful possession and control of land in the state are not liable for unintentional injuries or loss suffered by persons entering upon, or passing through, their land pursuant to this section.
(b) Federal, state, and local agencies, and their employees, are not liable for any action, or failure to act, when facilitating the access described in this section.
[ 2007 c 252 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.020 - Definitions—Access.

RCW 47.50.020
Definitions—Access.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Controlled access facility" means a transportation facility to which access is regulated by the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the facility. Owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have a right of access to or from such facility at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the governmental entity.
(2) "Connection" means approaches, driveways, turnouts, or other means of providing for the right of access to or from controlled access facilities on the state highway system.
(3) "Permitting authority" means the department for connections in unincorporated areas or a city or town within incorporated areas which are authorized to regulate access to state highways pursuant to chapter 47.24 RCW.
[ 1991 c 202 § 2.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.030 - Regulating connections.

RCW 47.50.030
Regulating connections.
(1) Vehicular access and connections to or from the state highway system shall be regulated by the permitting authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
(2) The department shall by July 1, 1992, adopt administrative procedures pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW which establish state highway access standards and rules for its issuance and modification of access permits, closing of unpermitted connections, revocation of permits, and waiver provisions in accordance with this chapter. The department shall consult with the association of Washington cities and obtain concurrence of the city design standards committee as established by RCW 35.78.030 in the development and adoption of rules for access standards for city streets designated as state highways under chapter 47.24 RCW.
(3) Cities and towns shall, no later than July 1, 1993, adopt standards for access permitting on streets designated as state highways which meet or exceed the department's standards, provided that such standards may not be inconsistent with standards adopted by the department.
[ 1991 c 202 § 3.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.040 - Access permits.

RCW 47.50.040
Access permits.
(1) No connection to a state highway shall be constructed or altered without obtaining an access permit in accordance with this chapter in advance of such action. A permitting authority has the authority to deny access to the state highway system at the location specified in the permit until the permittee constructs or alters the connection in accordance with the permit requirements.
(2) The cost of construction or alteration of a connection shall be borne by the permittee, except for alterations which are not required by law or administrative rule, but are made at the request of and for the convenience of the permitting authority. The permittee, however, shall bear the cost of alteration of any connection which is required by the permitting authority due to increased or altered traffic flows generated by changes in the permittee's facilities or nature of business conducted at the location specified in the permit.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an unpermitted connection is subject to closure by the appropriate permitting authority which shall have the right to install barriers across or remove the connection. When the permitting authority determines that a connection is unpermitted and subject to closure, it shall provide reasonable notice of its impending action to the owner of property served by the connection. The permitting authority's procedures for providing notice and preventing the operation of unpermitted connections shall be adopted by rule.
[ 1991 c 202 § 4.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.050 - Permit fee.

RCW 47.50.050
Permit fee.
The department shall establish by rule a schedule of fees for permit applications made to the department. The fee shall be nonrefundable and shall be used only to offset the costs of administering the access permit review process and the costs associated with administering the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1991 c 202 § 5.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.060 - Permit review process.

RCW 47.50.060
Permit review process.
The review process for access permit applications made by the department shall be as follows: Any person seeking an access permit shall file an application with the department. The department by rule shall establish application form and content requirements. The fee required by RCW 47.50.050 must accompany the applications.
[ 1991 c 202 § 6.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.070 - Permit conditions.

RCW 47.50.070
Permit conditions.
The permitting authority may issue a permit subject to any conditions necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, requiring the use of a joint-use connection. The permitting authority may revoke a permit if the applicant fails to comply with the conditions upon which the issuance of the permit was predicated.
[ 1991 c 202 § 7.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.50 - Highway Access Management. › 47.50.080 - Permit removal.

RCW 47.50.080
Permit removal.
(1) Unpermitted connections to the state highway system in existence on July 1, 1990, shall not require the issuance of a permit and may continue to provide access to the state highway system, unless the permitting authority determines that such a connection does not meet minimum acceptable standards of highway safety. However, a permitting authority may require that a permit be obtained for such a connection if a significant change occurs in the use, design, or traffic flow of the connection or of the state highway to which it provides access. If a permit is not obtained, the connection may be closed pursuant to RCW 47.50.040.
(2) Access permits granted prior to adoption of the permitting authorities' standards shall remain valid until modified or revoked. Access connections to state highways identified on plats and subdivisions approved prior to July 1, 1991, shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to chapter 202, Laws of 1991. The permitting authority may, after written notification, under rules adopted in accordance with RCW 47.50.030, modify or revoke an access permit granted prior to adoption of the standards by requiring relocation, alteration, or closure of the connection if a significant change occurs in the use, design, or traffic flow of the connection.
(3) The permitting authority may issue a nonconforming access permit after finding that to deny an access permit would leave the property without a reasonable means of access to the public roads of this state. Every nonconforming access permit shall specify limits on the maximum vehicular use of the connection and shall be conditioned on the availability of future alternative means of access for which access permits can be obtained.
[ 1991 c 202 § 8.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.001 - Declaration of policy.

RCW 47.52.001
Declaration of policy.
(1) Unrestricted access to and from public highways has resulted in congestion and peril for the traveler. It has caused undue slowing of all traffic in many areas. The investment of the public in highway facilities has been impaired and highway facilities costing vast sums of money will have to be relocated and reconstructed.
(2) Broadband, which includes a range of high-speed transmission technologies, including fiber optic lines and personal wireless service facilities, is a critical part of the state's infrastructure. The rapid deployment of broadband facilities is critical to ensure public safety, network access, quality of service, and rural economic development.
(3) It is, therefore, the declared policy of this state to limit access to the highway facilities of this state in the interest of highway safety and for the preservation of the investment of the public in such facilities, and to ensure that the use of rights-of-way of limited access facilities accommodate the deployment of broadband facilities consistent with these interests. In furtherance of this policy, the department is directed to adopt and maintain an agency policy that requires the department to proactively provide broadband facility owners with information about planned limited access highway projects to enable collaboration between broadband facility owners and the department to identify opportunities for the installation of broadband facilities during the appropriate phase of these projects when such opportunities exist. Coordination between the department and broadband facility owners under this section must comply with applicable state and federal law including, but not limited to, chapter 47.44 RCW and RCW 47.04.045.
[ 2021 c 258 § 6; 2004 c 131 § 1; 1961 c 13 § 47.52.001. Prior: 1951 c 167 § 1.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 258: See note following RCW 47.44.160.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.010 - "Limited access facility" defined.

RCW 47.52.010
"Limited access facility" defined.
For the purposes of this chapter, a "limited access facility" is defined as a highway or street especially designed or designated for through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land, or other persons, have no right or easement, or only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such limited access facility, or for any other reason to accomplish the purpose of a limited access facility. Such highways or streets may be parkways, from which vehicles forming part of an urban public transportation system, trucks, buses, or other commercial vehicles may be excluded; or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic, including vehicles forming a part of an urban public transportation system.
[ 1967 c 108 § 10; 1961 c 13 § 47.52.010. Prior: 1951 c 167 § 2; 1947 c 202 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-60.]
NOTES:
Urban public transportation system defined: RCW 47.04.082.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.011 - "Existing highway" defined.

RCW 47.52.011
"Existing highway" defined.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term "existing highway" shall include all highways, roads and streets duly established, constructed, and in use. It shall not include new highways, roads or streets, or relocated highways, roads or streets, or portions of existing highways, roads or streets which are relocated.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.52.011. Prior: 1951 c 167 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.020 - Powers of highway authorities—State facility, county road crossings.

RCW 47.52.020
Powers of highway authorities—State facility, county road crossings.
The highway authorities of the state, counties, and incorporated cities and towns, acting alone or in cooperation with each other, or with any federal, state, or local agency, or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, may plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, construct, maintain, and provide limited access facilities for public use wherever the authority or authorities are of the opinion that traffic conditions, present or future, will justify the special facilities. However, upon county roads within counties, the state or county authorities are subject to the consent of the county legislative authority, except that where a state limited access facility crosses a county road the department may, without the consent of the county legislative authority, close off the county road so that it will not intersect such limited access facility.
The department may, in constructing or relocating any state highway, cross any county road at grade without obtaining the consent of the county legislative authority, and in so doing may revise the alignment of the county road to the extent that the department finds necessary for reasons of traffic safety or practical engineering considerations.
[ 1984 c 7 § 239; 1961 c 13 § 47.52.020. Prior: 1957 c 235 § 2; prior: 1953 c 30 § 1; 1951 c 167 § 4; 1947 c 202 § 2, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-61, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.026 - Rules—Control of vehicles entering—Ramp closure, metering, or restrictions—Notice.

RCW 47.52.026
Rules—Control of vehicles entering—Ramp closure, metering, or restrictions—Notice.
(1) The department may adopt rules for the control of vehicles entering any state limited access highway as it deems necessary (a) for the efficient or safe flow of traffic traveling upon any part of the highway or connections with it or (b) to avoid exceeding federal, state, or regional air pollution standards either along the highway corridor or within an urban area served by the highway.
(2) Rules adopted by the department pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may provide for the closure of highway ramps or the metering of vehicles entering highway ramps or the restriction of certain classes of vehicles entering highway ramps (including vehicles with less than a specified number of passengers), and any such restrictions may vary at different times as necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Vehicle restrictions authorized by rules adopted pursuant to this section are effective when proper notice is given by any police officer, or by appropriate signals, signs, or other traffic control devices.
[ 1984 c 7 § 240; 1974 ex.s. c 133 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.027 - Standards and rules for interstate and defense highways—Construction, maintenance, access.

RCW 47.52.027
Standards and rules for interstate and defense highways—Construction, maintenance, access.
The secretary of transportation may adopt design standards, rules, and regulations relating to construction, maintenance, and control of access of the national system of interstate and defense highways within this state as it deems advisable to properly control access thereto, to preserve the traffic-carrying capacity of such highways, and to provide the maximum degree of safety to users thereof. In adopting such standards, rules, and regulations the secretary shall take into account the policies, rules, and regulations of the United States secretary of commerce and the federal highway administration relating to the construction, maintenance, and operation of the system of interstate and defense highways. The standards, rules, and regulations so adopted by the secretary shall constitute the public policy of this state and shall have the force and effect of law.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 151 § 62; 1961 c 13 § 47.52.027. Prior: 1959 c 319 § 35. Formerly RCW 47.28.160.]
NOTES:
Nonmotorized traffic may be prohibited: RCW 46.61.160.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.040 - Design—Entrance and exit restricted—Closure of intersecting roads.

RCW 47.52.040
Design—Entrance and exit restricted—Closure of intersecting roads.
The highway authorities of the state, counties and incorporated cities and towns may so design any limited access facility and so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended; and the determination of design by such authority shall be conclusive and final. In this connection such highway authorities may divide and separate any limited access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across limited access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at designated points at which access may be permitted by the highway authorities upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time: PROVIDED, That any intersecting streets, roads or highways, not made a part of such facility, shall be deemed closed at the right-of-way line by the designation and construction of said facility and without the consent of any other party or the necessity of any other legal proceeding for such closing, notwithstanding any laws to the contrary.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.52.040. Prior: 1955 c 75 § 1; 1947 c 202 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-62.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.041 - Closure of intersecting roads—Rights of abutters.

RCW 47.52.041
Closure of intersecting roads—Rights of abutters.
No person, firm or corporation, private or municipal, shall have any claim against the state, city or county by reason of the closing of such streets, roads or highways as long as access still exists or is provided to such property abutting upon the closed streets, roads or highways. Circuity of travel shall not be a compensable item of damage.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.52.041. Prior: 1955 c 75 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.042 - Closure of intersecting roads—Other provisions not affected.

RCW 47.52.042
Closure of intersecting roads—Other provisions not affected.
RCW 47.52.040 and 47.52.041 shall not be construed to affect provisions for establishment, notice, hearing and court review of any decision establishing a limited access facility on an existing highway pursuant to chapter 47.52 RCW.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.52.042. Prior: 1955 c 75 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.050 - Acquisition of property.

RCW 47.52.050
Acquisition of property.
(1) For the purpose of this chapter the highway authorities of the state, counties and incorporated cities and towns, respectively, or in cooperation one with the other, may acquire private or public property and property rights for limited access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, in the same manner as such authorities are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section all property rights acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall be in fee simple. In the acquisition of property or property rights for any limited access facility or portion thereof, or for any service road in connection therewith, the state, county, incorporated city and town authority may, in its discretion, acquire an entire lot, block or tract of land, if by so doing the interest of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, block or tract is not immediately needed for the limited access facility.
(2) The highway authorities of the state, counties, and incorporated cities and towns may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation a three-dimensional air space corridor in fee simple over or below the surface of the ground, together with such other property in fee simple and other property rights as are needed for the construction and operation of a limited access highway facility, but only if the acquiring authority finds that the proposal will not:
(a) impair traffic safety on the highway or interfere with the free flow of traffic; or
(b) permit occupancy or use of the air space above or below the highway which is hazardous to the operation of the highway.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 39 § 1; 1961 c 13 § 47.52.050. Prior: 1947 c 202 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-63.]
NOTES:
Award of costs in air space corridor acquisitions: RCW 8.25.073.
Right-of-way donations: Chapter 47.14 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.060 - Court process expedited.

RCW 47.52.060
Court process expedited.
Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for purposes of this chapter shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts to the end that the provision for limited access facilities may be expedited.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.52.060. Prior: 1947 c 202 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-64.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.070 - Establishment of facility—Grade separation—Service roads.

RCW 47.52.070
Establishment of facility—Grade separation—Service roads.
The designation or establishment of a limited access facility shall, by the authority making the designation or establishment, be entered upon the records or minutes of such authority in the customary manner for the keeping of such records or minutes. The state, counties and incorporated cities and towns may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of limited access facilities with existing state or county roads, and with city or town streets, by grade separation or service road, or by closing off such roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of such limited access facility; and after the establishment of any such facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility, shall intersect the same at grade. No city or town street, county road, or state highway, or any other public or private way, shall be opened into or connect with any such limited access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority of the state, county, incorporated city or town having jurisdiction over such limited access facility. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.
[ 1961 c 13 § 47.52.070. Prior: 1951 c 167 § 10; 1947 c 202 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-65.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation › Chapter 47.52 - Limited Access Facilities. › 47.52.080 - Abutter's right of access protected—Compensation.

RCW 47.52.080
Abutter's right of access protected—Compensation.
No existing public highway, road, or street shall be constructed as a limited access facility except upon the waiver, purchase, or condemnation of the abutting owner's right of access thereto as herein provided. In cases involving existing highways, if the abutting property is used for business at the time the notice is given as provided in RCW 47.52.133, the owner of such property shall be entitled to compensation for the loss of adequate ingress to or egress from such property as business property in its existing condition at the time of the notice provided in RCW 47.52.133 as for the taking or damaging of property for public use.
[ 1983 c 3 § 127; 1961 c 13 § 47.52.080. Prior: 1955 c 54 § 2; 1951 c 167 § 11; 1947 c 202 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6402-66.]