NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8211

Senate Bill S8211

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles

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2017-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8008
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Transportation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A816
2015-2016: S5774, A654
2019-2020: A3138
2021-2022: A5170

2017-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances.

2017-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8211

SPONSOR: MURPHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to require the department of transportation to
determine which entrances to parkways in the county of Westchester are
most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install
certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To prevent oversized commercial vehicles from entering Westchester Coun-
ty parkways.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill authorizes and directs the department of transpor-
tation, within one hundred twenty days, to study and determine which
entrances to special parkways in Westchester County are used most
frequently by commercial motor vehicles and, within one year of making
such determination, to install physical barriers to prevent or otherwise
hinder such commercial vehicles from accessing such parkways.

Section 2 authorizes the commissioner of the department of transporta-
tion to request and receive, from any department, division, board,
bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any state public
authority such information and data as will enable the department of
transportation to properly conduct its study and make its determination.

Section 3 defines commercial motor vehicle and special parkways for
purposes of this act.

Section 4 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Westchester County police statistics show that commercial trucks
wandered onto Westchester passenger-vehicle only parkways some 700-850
times a year for the last several years.

The dangers and damages caused by trucks entering parkways have plagued
Westchester County and the State for many years. Even where this is no
physical damage, a truck's travel on parkways creates traffic chaos and
a safety hazard to other motorists on a road designed for passenger
vehicles.

The Village of Rye Brook police statistics show that during a one-year
period there were 13 reports of commercial vehicles either hitting the
King Street overpass or traveling on the Hutchinson River Parkway.

While the Department of Transportation has taken some measures to reduce
the incidence of commercial vehicles on parkways the problem still
remains. The installation of physical barriers proposed by this legis-
lation would reduce accidents and hazards to motorists by preventing
oversized commercial vehicles from entering Westchester County parkways
at the entrances most frequently accessed by these vehicles.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013/2014: A816 referred to transportation;
2016: A654-A/S5774-A passed Legislature; vetoed by Governor, veto memo
225

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The cost will depend on the type and number of physical barriers deter-
mined to be needed by the commissioner of the department of transporta-
tion.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8211
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to require the department of transportation  to  determine  which
   entrances to parkways in the county of Westchester are most frequently
   accessed  by  oversized  commercial  vehicles  and  to install certain
   barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The New York state department of transportation is hereby
 authorized and directed, within one hundred twenty days of the enactment
 of this act, to study and determine which entrances to special  parkways
 in  the county of Westchester are most frequently accessed by commercial
 motor vehicles and, within one year of  making  such  determination,  to
 install physical barriers to prevent or otherwise hinder such commercial
 motor vehicles from accessing such special parkway entrances.
   2.  The  commissioner of transportation may request, and is authorized
 to receive, from any department, division, board, bureau, commission  or
 other agency of the state or any state public authority such information
 and  data  as  will  enable the department of transportation to properly
 conduct its study and make its determination. Such information and  data
 received  by  the  department  of transportation shall be subject to the
 same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
 are applicable to the use of such information and data  by  the  depart-
 ment,  division,  board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state
 or state public authority which provided such information and data.
   3. For the purposes of this act, the following terms  shall  have  the
 following meanings:
   (a)  "commercial  motor  vehicle"  shall have the same meaning as such
 term is defined in subdivision 4 of section 501-a  of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic law, provided that such vehicle is also of a height that exceeds
 the clearance of bridges located on such special parkways; and
   (b)  "special  parkways"  shall mean the roadways within the county of
 Westchester designated and set forth in section 70 of the transportation
 law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08492-02-7

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