National Highway Act 673

Act established by the Transportation Omnibus Package (TOP) Act (673) on 29 NOV 2024.

National Highway Act, 673

Article 1 - Establishment of Kodiak National Highway Authority and Kodiak National Turnpike Authority.

The Highway Shields Proposed Design

1.1. Forms the Kodiak National Turnpike Authority (KNTA) and the Kodiak National Highway Authority (KNHA) under the Ministry of Transportation.

1.2. The KNTA will manage turnpikes and bridges that the agency builds itself or gains by sale of municipality or by the Ministry of Transportation. The KNHA will manage and build highways.

1.3. The Ministry of Transportation may only fund the KNTA with bonds and loans. No taxpayer money allocated to the Ministry of Transportation may be used by the KNTA. The General Assembly will designate a 1 time payment of 25 million in start up funds to the KNTA.

1.4. The KNTA must repay the bonds with tolls over a period of time specified by the Ministry of Transportation.

1.5. The KNHA when building or maintaining a highway must use the white and black shields. The White shield must be used on major highways that have a minimum speed limit of 85 KPH and is designed as an expressway. The Black Shields should be used for other routes that do not meet the requirement of an expressway but are still routes with a national importance.

1.6. The KNTA must use the Blue Turnpike Shields for its highways.

1.7. The Ministry of Transportation will provide guidance on how highways and turnpikes should be built via the Department of Standards & Regulations (DSR).

1.8. The budget of the KNHA will be at 800 million Florins annually or 200 million per quarter..

Article 2 - Projects and Programs

2.1. The KNTA and KNHA must identify corridors and build highways/ expressways/ turnpikes connecting cities and communities together across the nation.

2.2. When a corridor is defined, the KNHA must do a cost analysis to determine final cost of the project and present its findings to the Ministry of Transportation and to local officials for final approval. Local officials and the Ministry of Transportation then will make a joint decision on how the road will be funded and built. If the road will be built as a free expressway, the KNHA will build and maintain the road. If built as a Turnpike, the KNTA will build and maintain the road.

2.3. The KNTA is responsible for maintaining turnpikes that it builds or obtains with money it gains from tolling fees., The KNTA is responsible for creating an electronic tolling system to be used nationwide and manage the system.

Article 3 - Establishing Regulations and Restrictions

3.1. A turnpike is defined as a toll road that is designed to take higher speeds of up to 100 KPH or more. The road must have at least four (4) lanes, two (2) lanes in each direction, with a 12.5 meters median or safety barrier in the middle to separate traffic. The turnpike must also be a controlled access highway.

3.2. An expressway is defined as with 4 lanes/ 2 lanes in each direction with a safety median of 12.5 meters or safety barrier if shorter.

3.3. A Highway is defined as any road that may be considered an important connector but doesn't meet the requirements of an Expressway.

3.1.1. The KNTA may not operate on residential roads on or on roads with only two (2) lanes, one (1) lane in each direction with the exception of a toll bridge (see 3.2.1), or on existing roads that were constructed prior to passing of this bill.

3.2. A Toll Bridge is a bridge that connects two (2) roads together over a gap or river.

3.2.1. The KNTA may not operate existing bridges that are under 150 meters in length or cross a flood zone where the river is up to 150 meters wide or if the bridge is only 15 meters tall from maximum height from top of the river.

Article 4 - Governance

4.1. The KNTA and the KNHA will be governed by the Ministry of Transportation.

4.2. The Ministry of Transportation must oversee and set cost on KNHA and KNTA operated roads

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Written by Minister of Transportation, Joseph Fala (KSDP) and Chancellor Viktor Adler, MGA of the Kodiak Workers' Alliance