Bill Text: NH HB713 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Hampshire House Bill 713

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to mile markers along Route 112.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 11:00 am Legislative Office Building 201 [HB713 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB713-Introduced.html

HB 713-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0626

06/08

HOUSE BILL 713-FN

AN ACT relative to mile markers along Route 112.

SPONSORS: Rep. Stringham, Graf. 3; Rep. Baldwin, Graf. 4; Rep. Buco, Carr. 1

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the New Hampshire department of transportation to install and maintain mile markers along the entire length of Route 112, also known as the Kancamagus Highway.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0626

06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to mile markers along Route 112.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Installation and Maintenance of Mile Markers. Amend RSA 21 by inserting after section L:2 the following new section:

21-L:2-a Installation and Maintenance of Mile Markers. The department of transportation shall install mile markers along the entire length of Route 112, also known as the Kancamagus Highway, from Lincoln to Conway. The mile markers shall be installed at intervals of one mile and shall be clearly visible and legible to motorists and emergency personnel. The department of transportation shall maintain the mile markers installed pursuant to this section, ensuring they remain in good condition and are replaced or repaired as necessary to maintain visibility and legibility.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.

LBA

25-0626

1/12/25

HB 713-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to mile markers along Route 112.

FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding.


Estimated State Impact
	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027	FY 2028
Revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0
Revenue Fund(s)	None
Expenditures*	$0	$287,600 Increase Over the Biennium		$0
Funding Source(s)	Federal Funds - Highway
Appropriations*	$0	$0	$0	$0
Funding Source(s)	None
Expenditure = Cost of bill Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to install mile markers along the entire length of Route 112 (the Kancamagus Highway), from Lincoln to Conway. The Department has provided the following assumptions relative to this bill:

It is assumed that efforts to begin the process of implementation will start after July 1, 2025. Even under an expedited approach, in-house engineering to develop the construction documents for bidding would take at least 4 months and then 3-4 months for bidding and contract execution (assumed in FY 2026), and construction will be approximately 3-4 months (assumed primarily within the construction season 2026 (bridging FY 2026 and 2027).
Due to existing workload, Bureau of Traffic (the likely lead bureau) and other support bureaus would be unable to add this work to their respective work plans and arrange for project staffing. Instead, the project would be designed principally by a consultant, and the fees would need to be paid with Federal funds. However, the Federal Highway funded capital program is constrained, so the addition of this work will displace work that is already programmed. Similarly, funding the construction using Federal funds will displace other sign improvement work already programmed for those funds. This could impact and delay other sign improvements such as repair and upgrade of deficient overhead signs along Interstate highways.

The Department has provided the following cost estimates (to be incurred during the FY 2026 - FY 2027 biennium):

Signs Installed	$40,000
Construction Traffic Control	$65,000
Mobilization	$50,000
Subtotal	$155,000
Miscellaneous Items/Contingency	$49,600
Total Estimated Construction Cost	$204,600
Preliminary Engineering	$50,000
Construction Engineering	$33,000
Total	$287,600