SB 31: Replace interstate construction requirement with a traffic study
This bill repeals a section of the Ohio Revised Code and requires the director of transportation to conduct a traffic congestion study along Interstate Route 71 in Northeast Ohio. The study will examine the area between U.S. Route 42 to the north, State Route 303 to the south, U.S. Route 42 to the west, and West 130th Street to the east. The study's findings and recommendations will be submitted to the governor, the legislature, and local municipalities by December 31, 2026. The report should include solutions to mitigate and strategically manage any traffic congestion concerns found during the study.
| Jan. 29, 2025 | Referred to committee: Government Oversight and Reform |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | Introduced |
As Introduced
136th General Assembly Regular Session 2025-2026
S. B. No. 31
Senator Romanchuk
A B I L L
To repeal section 5501.60 of the Revised Code to 1
replace the requirement that the Department of 2
Transportation construct certain interstate 3
interchanges with a traffic congestion study. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5501.60 of the Revised Code is 5
hereby repealed. 6
Section 2. (A) The Director of Transportation, in 7
consultation with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating 8
Agency, shall conduct a study to develop a traffic congestion 9
management strategic plan. However, at the Director's 10
discretion, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency may 11
lead the study. The study shall examine the area along 12
Interstate Route 71 between the following boundaries: 13
(1) To the north, U.S. Route 42; 14
(2) To the south, State Route 303; 15
(3) To the west, U.S. Route 42; 16
(4) To the east, West 130th Street. 17
S. B. No. 31 As Introduced
(B)(1) Not later than December 31, 2026, the Director or, 18
as applicable, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency 19
shall complete the study and submit a report of the study's 20
findings to all of the following: 21
(a) The Governor; 22
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 23
(c) The President of the Senate; 24
(d) The chairpersons of the committees of the House of 25
Representatives and the Senate pertaining to transportation; 26
(e) The chief executive officer and the legislative 27
authority of the municipal corporations of Strongsville, North 28
Royalton, and Brunswick. 29
(2) The Director or, as applicable, the Northeast Ohio 30
Areawide Coordinating Agency may include in the report solutions 31
to mitigate and strategically manage any traffic congestion 32
concerns found during the study. 33