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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 904
January Session, 2023
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE
OF THE STATE TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING HIGHWAY
SAFETY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 14-314 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 2
(a) Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any order 3
made pursuant to any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more 4
than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or 5
both, and shall be subject to the provisions of section 14-111. Any 6
person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any traffic control 7
signal, sign, marking or other device placed and maintained upon the 8
highway, or with any regulation adopted pursuant to any provision of 9
this chapter, by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or the 10
traffic authority of any city, town or borough shall be deemed to have 11
committed an infraction, if no other penalty is provided by law. 12
Traveling at a greater rate of speed than is reasonable as provided in 13
section 14-218a, as amended by this act, shall not be deemed to be a 14 Raised Bill No. 904
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failure to comply with the provisions of this section but shall be deemed 15
to be the commission of an infraction within the provisions of said 16
section 14-218a. 17
(b) In the event a city, town or borough fails to comply with any order 18
made pursuant to any provision of this chapter or with any regulation 19
adopted pursuant to any provision of this chapter by the Office of the 20
State Traffic Administration, the Commissioner of Transportation may 21
withhold from such city, town or borough a town-aid grant distributed 22
under the provisions of part IIa of chapter 240. 23
Sec. 2. Section 14-299 of the general statutes is repealed and the 24
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 25
(a) For the purpose of standardization and uniformity, no installation 26
of or revision to any traffic control signal light shall be made by any 27
town, city or borough until the same has been approved by the Office of 28
the State Traffic Administration. Such approval shall be based on 29
necessity for, location of and type of such signal light and shall be 30
applied for on a form supplied by the Office of the State Traffic 31
Administration and shall be submitted to said office by the traffic 32
authority having jurisdiction. Approval of any such signal light may be 33
revoked by the Office of the State Traffic Administration at any time if 34
said office deems such revocation to be in the interest of public safety, 35
and thereupon such signal lights shall be removed by the traffic 36
authority having jurisdiction. 37
(b) When traffic at an intersection is alternately directed to proceed 38
and to stop by the use of signals exhibiting colored lights or lighted 39
arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors 40
green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special [pedestrian 41
control] pedestrian-control signals carrying word legends [, said lights] 42
or symbols. Such lights or arrows shall apply to drivers of vehicles and 43
pedestrians and shall indicate the following: 44
(1) Circular green alone: Vehicular traffic facing a green signal may 45
proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign or marking at 46 Raised Bill No. 904
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such place prohibits either such turn or straight through movement, 47
except that such traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and 48
vehicles [lawfully] within a crosswalk or the intersection at the time 49
such signal was exhibited; pedestrians facing the green signal, except 50
when directed by separate pedestrian-control signals, may proceed 51
across the highway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 52
(2) Yellow: Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby 53
warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a 54
red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter, when vehicular 55
traffic shall stop before entering the intersection unless so close to the 56
intersection that a stop cannot be made in safety; pedestrians facing a 57
steady yellow signal, except when directed by separate pedestrian-58
control signals, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to 59
cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian 60
shall then start to cross the roadway. 61
(3) Red alone: Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall 62
stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection 63
or, if none, then before entering the intersection and remain standing 64
until the next indication is shown; provided, on or after July 1, 1979, 65
vehicular traffic traveling in the travel lane nearest the right hand curb 66
or other defined edge of the roadway, unless a sign approved by the 67
Office of the State Traffic Administration has been erected in the 68
appropriate place prohibiting this movement, may cautiously enter the 69
intersection to make a right turn onto a two-way street or onto another 70
one-way street on which all the traffic is moving to such vehicle's right 71
after such vehicle has stopped as required in this subdivision and 72
yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians [lawfully] within an adjacent 73
crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection. 74
Pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone, except when directed by 75
separate pedestrian-control signals, shall not enter the roadway. 76
(4) Green arrow: Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown 77
alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter 78
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such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the 80
same time, but such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to 81
pedestrians [lawfully] within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully 82
within the intersection. 83
(5) Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words 84
"Walk" or "Don't Walk" or the image of a walking person symbolizing 85
"Walk" or an upraised hand symbolizing "Don't Walk" are in place, such 86
signals shall indicate as follows: "Walk" or walking person symbol: 87
Pedestrians facing such signals may proceed across the roadway in the 88
direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers 89
of all vehicles; "Don't Walk" or upraised hand symbol: No pedestrian 90
shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any 91
pedestrian who has partially completed [his] crossing on the walk signal 92
shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the flashing "Don't 93
Walk" or flashing upraised hand symbol signal is showing. 94
(c) When an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a 95
traffic sign or signal, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as 96
follows: 97
(1) Flashing red: When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent 98
flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest 99
crosswalk at an intersection, or at a limit line when marked or, if none, 100
then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be 101
subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign. 102
(2) When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, 103
drivers of vehicles facing such signal may proceed through the 104
intersection or past such signal only with caution. 105
(d) Lenses of the following colors only shall be used and shall be 106
arranged vertically in the signal face or, when necessary, horizontally, 107
and shall conform to the following positions: When arranged vertically, 108
red shall be located at the top, yellow shall be located directly below red 109
and the remaining indications below the yellow in the following order: 110
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right-turn arrow, as needed; when arranged horizontally, red shall be 112
located at the left, yellow shall be located directly to the right of red and 113
the remaining indications to the right of yellow in the following order: 114
Flashing yellow, left-turn arrow, circular green, vertical arrow and 115
right-turn arrow, as needed. 116
(e) When lane-direction-control signals are placed over the individual 117
lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over 118
which a green arrow signal is shown, but shall not enter or travel in any 119
lane over which a red X signal is shown. 120
(f) If a traffic control signal, approved by the Office of the State Traffic 121
Administration, is erected and maintained at a place other than an 122
intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as 123
to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any 124
stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement 125
indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any sign 126
or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal. 127
Sec. 3. Section 14-300 of the general statutes is repealed and the 128
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 129
(a) The traffic authority [shall have power to] may designate, by 130
appropriate official traffic control devices, as defined in section 14-297, 131
or markers, or by lines upon the surface of the highway, such crosswalks 132
and intersections as, in its opinion, constitute a danger to pedestrians 133
crossing the highway, including, but not limited to, specially marked 134
crosswalks in the vicinity of schools, which crosswalks shall have 135
distinctive markings, in accordance with the regulations of the Office of 136
the State Traffic Administration, to denote use of such crosswalks by 137
school children; and may maintain suitable signs located at intervals 138
along highways, particularly where there are no sidewalks, directing 139
pedestrians to walk facing vehicular traffic. 140
(b) At any intersection where special pedestrian-control signals 141
bearing the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk" or the image of a walking 142
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Walk" are placed, pedestrians may cross the highway only as indicated 144
by the signal. At any intersection where traffic is controlled by other 145
traffic control signals or by police officers, pedestrians shall not cross the 146
highway against a red or "Stop" signal and shall not cross at any place 147
not a marked or unmarked crosswalk. A pedestrian started or starting 148
across the highway [on a "Walk" signal] or on any such crosswalk [on a 149
green or "Go" signal] shall have the right-of-way over all vehicles, 150
including those making turns, until such pedestrian has reached the 151
opposite curb or safety zone. 152
(c) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-300c, at any 153
crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of this section or any 154
unmarked crosswalk, provided such crosswalks are not controlled by 155
police officers or traffic control signals, each operator of a vehicle shall 156
[grant the right-of-way, and slow or stop such vehicle if necessary to so] 157
stop to grant the right-of-way [,] to any pedestrian crossing the roadway 158
within such crosswalk. For the purposes of this subsection, a pedestrian 159
is "crossing the roadway within such crosswalk" when the pedestrian 160
(1) is within any portion of the crosswalk, (2) steps to the curb at the 161
entrance to the crosswalk and indicates his or her intent to cross the 162
roadway by raising his or her hand and arm toward oncoming traffic, 163
or (3) indicates his or her intent to cross the roadway by moving any 164
part of his or her body or an extension thereof, including, but not limited 165
to, a wheelchair, cane, walking stick, crutch, bicycle, electric bicycle, 166
stroller, carriage, cart or leashed or harnessed dog, into the crosswalk at 167
the entrance to the crosswalk. No operator of a vehicle approaching 168
from the rear shall overtake and pass any vehicle, the operator of which 169
has stopped at any crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of 170
this section or any unmarked crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross 171
the roadway. The operator of any vehicle crossing a sidewalk shall 172
[yield] stop to grant the right-of-way to each pedestrian and all other 173
traffic upon such sidewalk. 174
(d) The operator of a motor vehicle who approaches or comes into the 175
immediate vicinity of a pedestrian who is blind, as defined in subsection 176
(a) of section 1-1f, carrying a white cane or a white cane tipped with red, 177 Raised Bill No. 904
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or a pedestrian being guided by a guide dog, shall reduce speed or stop, 178
if necessary, to yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian. No person, 179
except one who is blind, shall carry or use on any street or highway, or 180
in any other public place, a cane or walking stick which is white in color 181
or white, tipped with red. 182
(e) Any crosswalk designated by a traffic authority on or after 183
October 1, 2010, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be 184
required by such authority to have markings, signage, or any control 185
signals deemed necessary by such authority to provide sufficient time 186
for the safe crossing of pedestrians. 187
(f) The operator of any motor vehicle who violates this section shall 188
be fined not more than five hundred dollars. 189
(g) In any civil action arising under subsection (c) or (d) of this section 190
or sections 14-300b to 14-300d, inclusive, the doctrine of negligence per 191
se shall not apply. 192
Sec. 4. Section 14-311 of the general statutes is repealed and the 193
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 194
(a) No person, firm, corporation, state agency [,] or municipal agency, 195
or any combination thereof, shall build, expand, establish or operate any 196
open air theater, shopping center or other development generating large 197
volumes of traffic that substantially affect state highway traffic within 198
this state, as determined by the Office of the State Traffic 199
Administration, until such person, firm, corporation [,] or agency has 200
procured from said office a certificate that the operation thereof will not 201
imperil the safety of the public, except that any development, including 202
any development to be built in phases, without regard to when such 203
phases are approved by the municipal planning and zoning agency or 204
other responsible municipal agency, that contains a total of one hundred 205
or fewer residential units shall not be required to obtain such certificate 206
if such development is a residential-only development and is not part of 207
a mixed-use development that contains office, retail or other such 208
nonresidential uses, provided if any future development increases the 209 Raised Bill No. 904
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total number of residential units to more than one hundred, and such 210
total substantially affects state highway traffic within the state as 211
determined by the Office of the State Traffic Administration, a certificate 212
shall be procured from said office. 213
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or permitted by 214
the Office of the State Traffic Administration, no local building official 215
shall issue a building or foundation permit to any person, firm, 216
corporation, state agency or municipal agency to build, expand, 217
establish or operate such a development until the person, firm, 218
corporation or agency provides to such official a copy of the certificate 219
issued under this section by the office. No local building official shall 220
issue a certificate of occupancy to any such person, firm, corporation or 221
agency for such development until the conditions of the certificate 222
issued by the office under this section have been satisfied. If the office 223
determines that any person, firm, corporation [,] or [state or municipal] 224
agency has (1) started building, expanding, establishing or operating 225
such a development without first obtaining a certificate from said office, 226
or (2) has failed to comply with the conditions of such a certificate, it 227
shall order the person, firm, corporation or agency to (A) cease 228
constructing, expanding, establishing or operating the development, or 229
(B) comply with the conditions of the certificate within a reasonable 230
period of time. If such person, firm, corporation or agency fails to (i) 231
cease such work, or (ii) comply with an order of the office within such 232
time as specified by the office, the office may make an application to the 233
superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or the judicial district 234
where the development is located enjoining the construction, expansion, 235
establishment or operation of such development. Notwithstanding the 236
provisions of this subsection, for single family home building lots within 237
a subdivision of land, for which a certificate is required and which do 238
not have a direct exit or entrance on, or directly abut or adjoin any state 239
highway, no local building official shall issue a certificate of occupancy 240
to any person, firm, corporation, state agency or municipal agency to 241
occupy homes on such lots until the person, firm, corporation or agency 242
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section by the office and such official confirms that the certificate 244
conditions have been satisfied. 245
(c) The Office of the State Traffic Administration, to the extent 246
practicable, shall begin its review of an application prior to final 247
approval of the proposed activity by the municipal planning and zoning 248
agency or other responsible municipal agency. 249
(d) In determining the advisability of such certification, the Office of 250
the State Traffic Administration shall include, in its consideration, 251
highway safety, bicycle and pedestrian access and safety, the width and 252
character of the highways affected, the density of traffic thereon, the 253
character of such traffic and the opinion and findings of the traffic 254
authority of the municipality wherein the development is located. The 255
office may require improvements to be made by the applicant to the 256
extent that such improvements address impacts to state highway safety 257
or bicycle and pedestrian access and safety created by the addition of 258
the applicant's proposed development or activity. If the office 259
determines that such improvements, including traffic signals, pavement 260
markings, channelization, pavement widening or other changes or 261
traffic control devices, are required to handle traffic safely and 262
efficiently, one hundred per cent of the cost thereof shall be borne by the 263
person, firm, corporation or agency building, establishing or operating 264
such open air theater, shopping center or other development generating 265
large volumes of traffic, except that such cost shall not be borne by any 266
municipal agency. The Commissioner of Transportation may issue a 267
permit to [said] such person, firm, corporation or agency to construct or 268
install the changes required by the office. 269
(e) Any person, firm, corporation or agency building, establishing or 270
operating such open air theater, shopping center or other development 271
generating large volumes of traffic aggrieved by any decision of the 272
Office of the State Traffic Administration [hereunder] under this section 273
may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-274
183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district in which 275
it is proposed to operate such establishment. The provisions of this 276 Raised Bill No. 904
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section, except insofar as such provisions relate to expansion, shall not 277
apply to any open air theater, shopping center or other development 278
generating large volumes of traffic in operation on July 1, 1967. 279
(f) Before submitting an application for any development generating 280
large volumes of traffic pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the 281
Office of the State Traffic Administration, the [individual or entity] 282
person, firm, corporation or agency submitting such application shall 283
attend a mandatory meeting with the Office of the State Traffic 284
Administration and other staff from the Department of Transportation. 285
At such meeting, such [individual or entity] person, firm, corporation or 286
agency shall present the applicant's proposed development [to such 287
department staff] and receive feedback, including, but not limited to, 288
information as to what [needs] materials need to be submitted for an 289
application to be considered complete. 290
Sec. 5. Section 14-311c of the general statutes is repealed and the 291
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 292
(a) No [group of persons, firms, corporations, state agencies or 293
municipal agencies] person, firm, corporation, state agency or 294
municipal agency, or any combination thereof, shall build, expand, 295
establish or operate any open air theater, shopping center or other 296
development generating large volumes of traffic on any group of 297
individual parcels of land which are separately owned but are utilized 298
together for a single development purpose, whether or not such parcels 299
are separated by any state, local or private roadway that substantially 300
affect state highway traffic within this state, as determined by the Office 301
of the State Traffic Administration, until such [group] person, firm, 302
corporation or agency has procured from the Office of the State Traffic 303
Administration a certificate that the operation thereof will not imperil 304
the safety of the public, except that any development, including any 305
development to be built in phases without regard to when such phases 306
are approved by the municipal planning and zoning agency or other 307
responsible municipal agency, that contains a total of one hundred or 308
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if such development is a residential-only development and not part of a 310
mixed-use development containing office, retail or other such 311
nonresidential uses, provided if any future development increases the 312
total number of residential units to more than one hundred, and this 313
total substantially affects state highway traffic within the state as 314
determined by the Office of the State Traffic Administration, a certificate 315
shall be procured from said office. 316
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or permitted by 317
the Office of the State Traffic Administration, no local building official 318
shall issue a building or foundation permit to any such [group or 319
member thereof] person, firm, corporation or agency to build, expand, 320
establish or operate such a development until the [group or member] 321
person, firm, corporation or agency provides to such official a copy of 322
the certificate issued under this section by the Office of the State Traffic 323
Administration. No local building official shall issue a certificate of 324
occupancy to any such person, firm, corporation or agency for such 325
development until the conditions of the certificate issued by the office 326
under this section have been satisfied. If the Office of the State Traffic 327
Administration determines that any [group or member] person, firm, 328
corporation or agency has (1) started building, expanding, establishing 329
or operating such a development without first obtaining a certificate 330
from said office, or (2) has failed to comply with the conditions of such 331
a certificate, it shall order the [group or member] person, firm, 332
corporation or agency to (A) cease constructing, expanding, establishing 333
or operating the development, or (B) to comply with the conditions of 334
the certificate within a reasonable period of time. If such [group or 335
member] person, firm, corporation or agency fails to (i) cease such work, 336
or (ii) comply with such order within such time as specified by the Office 337
of the State Traffic Administration, said office or the traffic authority of 338
the municipality wherein the development is located may make an 339
application to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or 340
the judicial district where the development is located enjoining the 341
construction, expansion, establishment or the operation of such 342
development. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, for 343 Raised Bill No. 904
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single family home building lots within a subdivision of land, for which 344
a certificate is required and which do not have a direct exit or entrance 345
on, or directly abut or adjoin any state highway, no local building 346
official shall issue a certificate of occupancy to any such [group or 347
member thereof or] person, firm, corporation or agency to occupy 348
homes on such lots until such [group, member or] person, firm, 349
corporation or agency provides to such official a copy of the certificate 350
issued under this section by said office and such official confirms that 351
the certificate conditions have been satisfied. 352
(c) The Office of the State Traffic Administration, to the extent 353
practicable, shall begin its review of an application prior to final 354
approval of the proposed activity by the municipal planning and zoning 355
agency or other responsible municipal agency. 356
(d) In determining the advisability of such certification, the Office of 357
the State Traffic Administration shall include, in its consideration, 358
highway safety, the width and character of the highways affected, the 359
density of traffic thereon, the character of such traffic and the opinion 360
and findings of the traffic authority of the municipality wherein the 361
development is located. The Office of the State Traffic Administration 362
may require improvements to be made by the applicant to the extent 363
that such improvements address impacts to state highway safety 364
created by the addition of the applicant's proposed development or 365
activity. If the Office of the State Traffic Administration determines that 366
such improvements, including traffic signals, pavement markings, 367
channelization, pavement widening or other changes or traffic control 368
devices, are required to handle traffic safely and efficiently, one 369
hundred per cent of the cost thereof shall be borne by the [group] 370
person, firm, corporation or agency building, establishing or operating 371
such open air theater, shopping center or other development generating 372
large volumes of traffic, except that such cost shall not be borne by any 373
municipal agency. The Commissioner of Transportation may issue a 374
permit to [said group] such person, firm, corporation or agency to 375
construct or install the changes required by the Office of the State Traffic 376
Administration, in consultation with the local traffic authority. 377 Raised Bill No. 904
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(e) Any [group] person, firm, corporation or agency building, 378
establishing or operating such open air theater, shopping center or other 379
development generating large volumes of traffic aggrieved by any 380
decision of the Office of the State Traffic Administration [hereunder] 381
under this section may appeal therefrom in accordance with the 382
provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the 383
judicial district in which it is proposed to operate such establishment. 384
The provisions of this section except insofar as such provisions relate to 385
expansion shall not apply to any open air theater, shopping center or 386
other development generating large volumes of traffic which has 387
received all necessary permits, variances, exceptions and approvals 388
from the municipal zoning commission, planning commission, 389
combined planning and zoning commission and zoning board of 390
appeals in which such development is located prior to or on July 1, 1985, 391
or to any such development which is in operation on that date. 392
(f) Before submitting an application for any development generating 393
large volumes of traffic pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the 394
Office of the State Traffic Administration, the person, firm, corporation 395
or agency submitting such application shall attend a mandatory 396
meeting with the Office of the State Traffic Administration and other 397
staff from the Department of Transportation. At such meeting, such 398
person, firm, corporation or agency shall present the applicant's 399
proposed development and receive feedback, including, but not limited 400
to, information as to what materials need to be submitted for an 401
application to be considered complete. 402
Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Connecticut Training and 403
Technical Assistance Center at The University of Connecticut shall 404
conduct training sessions, at least annually, for traffic authorities 405
concerning the powers and responsibilities of traffic authorities, the 406
installation of official traffic control devices and an overview of the 407
applicable provisions of the general statutes and any regulations 408
adopted by the Office of the State Traffic Administration. 409
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authority, or such authority's appointed representative, shall complete 411
the training offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The 412
Connecticut Training and Technical Assistance Center shall maintain 413
records indicating when a traffic authority, or such authority's 414
representative, completed such training. 415
Sec. 7. Subsection (b) of section 14-218a of the general statutes is 416
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 417
1, 2023): 418
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the 419
Office of the State Traffic Administration shall establish a speed limit 420
[of] not to exceed sixty-five miles per hour on [any] each multiple lane, 421
limited access [highways] highway. The office shall establish speed 422
limits that are suitable for [a speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour] 423
each such highway, taking into consideration relevant factors including 424
design, population of area and traffic flow. 425
(2) The Commissioner of Transportation may establish the speed 426
limit on limited access highways during a weather event or an 427
emergency, provided the commissioner erects electronic signs 428
indicating such speed limit. 429
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2023 14-314
Sec. 2 October 1, 2023 14-299
Sec. 3 October 1, 2023 14-300
Sec. 4 October 1, 2023 14-311
Sec. 5 October 1, 2023 14-311c
Sec. 6 from passage New section
Sec. 7 October 1, 2023 14-218a(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) establish a penalty for a municipality that fails to comply with an
order issued by the Office of the State Traffic Administration, (2) permit
the use of symbols on pedestrian control signals, (3) require operators
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from issuing a certificate of occupancy for certain developments until
conditions of a certificate issued by the office have been completed, (5)
require annual training for traffic authorities, and (6) permit speed
limits up to sixty-five miles per hour on suitable multiple lane, limited
access highways.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]