Last week, Senator John Moorlach (R-Orange County) introduced Senate Bill 319 which could eliminate the speed limits on certain lanes on Interstate-5 and Highway 99.
The bill calls for construction of two additional northbound and southbound lanes on I-5 and Highway 99 and would prohibit the imposition of a maximum speed limit for those traffic lanes.
The bill calls for funds to be reallocated from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the California Department of Transportation for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases by constructing additional traffic lanes on Interstate Route 5 and State Route 99.
It is the intent of the Legislature to provide Californians with a viable alternative to the high-speed rail system project by providing them with access to high-speed, unabated transportation across the state. It is further the intent of the Legislature to decrease traffic congestion and thereby decrease the emissions of greenhouse gases caused by automobiles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
SB 319, as introduced, Moorlach. State highways: Interstate Route 5: State Route 99: speed limits.
(1) Existing law states that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law prohibits a person from driving a vehicle upon a highway with a speed limit established pursuant to specified provisions at a speed greater than that speed limit. Existing law prohibits a person from driving a vehicle upon a state highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.
This bill would require the department to initiate a project to construct two additional traffic lanes on northbound and southbound Interstate Route 5 and State Route 99, and would prohibit the imposition of a maximum speed limit for those traffic lanes.
(2) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available for appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law continuously appropriates 35% of the annual proceeds of the fund for transit, affordable housing, and sustainable communities programs and 25% of the annual proceeds of the fund for certain components of a specified high-speed rail project.
This bill would appropriate an unspecified amount from the fund to the department for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases by constructing additional traffic lanes on Interstate Route 5 and State Route 99.
I don’t know about an unlimited speed limit but I’d definitely be onboard with this plan at 85MPH or so.
Just adding one more lane dedicated for trucks would be great (especially the driverless electric trucks that Waymo and such will be delivering before these lanes will ever be built).
Why can’t our lawmakers fix what is wrong instead of wasting time on these stupid ideas. Isn’t this the most stupid idea out of Sacramento yet? Wow, give be a brake, yes give me a brake pedal.
I have driven on Germany’s autobahns and Italy’s autostradas and if there is a crash (and there are many), there are no survivors. These roads have no speed limit. Senator Moorlach is insane!
One of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Hiway 99 already has the worst freeway record ever.
Trying to pass the Bullet Train along 99. Ok, Ready, Set, Go! Who’s faster? With Gaslight in charge now, California will be filing Bankruptcy soon, and I say No Bailout! Let California fall into the ocean with all the Liberals with it! What a POS state!!!!!!!!
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