Bill Text: NH HB2018 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement program, establishing a committee to study the removal of the Merrimack tolls, and establishing a committee to study driveway permitting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-10 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 358; Eff. 07/02/2018 [HB2018 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB2018-Amended.html
HB 2018 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2018 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 2018
AN ACT relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement program.
SPONSORS: Rep. McConkey, Carr. 3
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Adopts the 10-year transportation improvement plan for 2019-2028.
II. Adds a corridor study of Route 114 in the town of Goffstown.
III. Modifies a study for a rail corridor to also include a project to design and develop a financial plan for bus service expansion from Concord to Nashua.
IV. Authorizes the department of transportation to construct and implement all electronic tolling, if feasible.
V. Authorizes construction and implementation all electronic tolling (AET) at Dover and Rochester toll plaza locations and at the Bedford mainline toll plaza.
VI. Requires the department of transportation to make available an optional system of anonymous transponders.
VII. Provides funding for construction of electronic tolling or open road tolling plazas, consultant services for the public private partnership infrastructure oversight committee, and improvements to central New Hampshire turnpike.
VIII. Moves construction funding for the project named Bedford-Merrimack from 2019 to 2020.
IX. Removes funding for the project named Conway, project number 40018.
X. Removes the project named Hooksett and the project named Tilton from the 10-year transportation improvement plan 2019-2028.
XI. Designates $100,000 of turnpike funds for the use of the public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission.
XII. Amends the project named Newington-Dover.
XIII. Amends the scope of the project named Walpole-Charlestown and the project named Windham.
XIV. Moves funding for construction of the project named Nashua-Merrimack-Bedford-Manchester from 2022 through 2026 to 2021 through 2025.
XV. Moves funding for construction of the project named Manchester from 2026 to 2025.
XVI. Adds projects named Conway, previously removed from the state 10-year transportation plan, to the plan.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. The legislature hereby adopts the Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan 2019-2028 Pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240 of the Laws of New Hampshire and encourages expeditious implementation of the projects shown therein.
2 Department of Transportation; Town of Bedford; Corridor Study. The following shall be added to the 10-year transportation improvement plan 2019-2028: a corridor study of Route 114 from the intersection of Route 114 and Route 101 in the town of Bedford to the intersection of Route 114 and Route 114a in the town of Goffstown.
3 Department of Transportation; Nashua-Manchester-Concord. The project named Nashua-Manchester-Concord, project number 40818, which consists of a project development study for a rail corridor, shall be modified to also include a project to design and develop a financial plan for bus service expansion from Concord to Nashua, or other eligible Boston UZA bus services, including parking facilities at existing and new bus terminals.
4 New Subparagraph; Turnpike System; Authority Granted. Amend RSA 237:5, II by inserting after subparagraph (o) the following new subparagraph:
(p) Study and design all electronic tolling at all locations, and if the department deems it financially feasible, construct and implement all electronic tolling at locations pursuant to the state 10-year transportation improvement program.
5 New Subdivision; All Electronic Tolling. Amend RSA 237 by inserting after section 50 the following new subdivision:
ALL ELECTRONIC TOLLING
237:51 All Electronic Tolling (AET).
I. The department is authorized to construct, and implement all electronic tolling (AET) at or in close proximity to the existing Dover and Rochester toll plaza locations, as part of the project named Dover-Rochester, project number 29440, using project appropriated turnpike funds totaling $11,000,000.
II. Provided the department makes a determination of financial feasibility, the department is further authorized to construct and implement all electronic tolling at or in close proximity to the existing Bedford mainline toll plaza as part of the project named Bedford-Merrimack, project number 16100, using appropriated turnpike funds for project number 16100 totaling $15,300,000.
237:52 Anonymous Transponder Option. In conjunction with the installation and implementation of all electronic tolling under RSA 237:51, the department shall make available an optional system of anonymous transponders, allowing customers to anonymously fund and use a transponder, provided the transponder is properly funded and mounted prior to use. The transponders shall be available at public locations that allow the purchaser to remain anonymous. The department shall retain the least amount of information necessary for auditing purposes on anonymous transponder transactions.
6 New Subparagraphs; Turnpike System; Funds Provided. Amend RSA 237:7, I by inserting after subparagraph (s) the following new subparagraphs:
(t) Construction of all electronic tolling or open road tolling plazas. RSA 237:2, VIII, RSA 237:5, II(o)-(p) 27,000,000
(u) Consultant services for public-private partnership infrastructure oversight committee (2 years) 100,000
7 Turnpike System; Funds Provided. Amend RSA 237:7, I(h) to read as follows:
(h) Improvements to central New Hampshire turnpike. RSA 237:2, IV(h), VII, VII(b), VII(c), IX [$697,000,000] 891,000,000
8 Dover to Rochester. The project named Dover-Rochester, project number 29440, is amended as to the scope of improvement, which shall include all electronic tolling at the Dover toll plaza and the Rochester toll plaza.
9 Bedford to Merrimack. Construction funding for the project named Bedford-Merrimack, project number 16100, shall be moved from 2019 to 2020. The scope of the project shall include improvement to the Bedford mainline toll plaza to include the option of open road tolling or all electronic tolling.
10 Conway. The State Aid Highway Program funding for the project named Conway, project number 40018, for $702,211 shall be removed and replaced with $702,211 in federal funds.
11 Projects Removed. The following projects shall be removed from the Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan 2019-2028 based on the elimination of the state aid highway funding:
I. The project named Hooksett, project number 24862 using 100 percent State Aid Highway Program funds.
II. The project named Tilton, project number 29753 using 100 percent State Aid Highway Program funds.
12 Statewide Turnpike Evaluation of Pulbic-Private Partnership Projects. $100,000 of turnpike funds shall be designated for the use of the public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission for consultant services to provide expert advice and assistance, and to provide services during the consideration of and development of requests for proposals (RFPs) for proposed public-private partnership projects that impact the turnpike system as selected by the commission and for review of submissions in response to the RFPs.
13 Newington-Dover. The project named Newington-Dover, project number 11238S, which includes the rehabilitation of the General Sullivan bridge, shall be amended in the scope from "rehabilitation" to "remove the superstructure of the General Sullivan bridge and provide the most cost effective bicycle/pedestrian connection." Funding for construction shall be moved from 2019 to 2020.
14 Walpole-Charlestown. The project named Walpole-Charlestown, project number 14747, is amended to change the scope by removing "Relocate RR."
15 Windham. The project named Windham, project number 40663, is amended to change the scope and extend the study limits to include the Ledge Road/London Bridge Road intersection.
16 Nashua to Merrimack to Bedford to Manchester. Funding for construction of the project named Nashua-Merrimack-Bedford-Manchester, project number 13761, shall be moved from 2022 through 2026 to 2021 through 2025.
17 Manchester. Funding for construction of the project named Manchester, project number 16099A, shall be moved from 2026 to 2025 and future funding required of $30,000,000 shall be moved to 2026.
18 Department of Transportation; Conway. The projects named Conway, project numbers 11339J, 11339T, and 13339U which were previously removed from the state 10-year transportation plan, are added to the plan using federal funds totaling one dollar.
19 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
