HB2675: VEH CD-BIKE TRAIL SIGNAGE

Legislative Summary

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly owned paved bicycle trails in the State shall erect permanent regulatory or warning signage alerting pedestrians or cyclists of highway crossings, unless the crossing (rather than the intersection where the trail crosses the highway) is controlled by an official traffic control device or sign. Provides that the Department of Transportation with reference to State highways under its jurisdiction, and the local authority with reference to other highways under its jurisdiction, shall erect or install permanent signage or markings warning vehicular traffic in advance of bicycle trail crossings, unless the highway approaches to the crossing are controlled by an official traffic control device. Effective immediately.