SB707: relative to including projects in the ten year transportation improvement plan.

SB 707-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-3042

06/08

SENATE BILL 707-FN

AN ACT relative to including projects in the ten year transportation improvement plan.

SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 40; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 22; Rep. St. John, Hills. 27

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of transportation to install a multimodal sidepath along a portion of New Hampshire route 122.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-3042

06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to including projects in the ten year transportation improvement plan.

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

1 Installation of a Multimodal Sidepath Along a Portion of New Hampshire Route 122. The department of transportation shall:

I. Install 10.4 miles of a multimodal side path along the eastern side of New Hampshire route 122, from New Hampshire route 101 to the Hollis-Brookline high school, with a top 1.5 inch layer of Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) terra cotta colored asphalt.

II. Modify 8 intersections along the route described in paragraph I to incorporate systematic safety principles, allowing for the safe passage of multimodal users.

III. Utilize gateway treatments, physical traffic calming, and psychological traffic calming to clearly define 4 public spaces from the open roadway that connects them.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

20-3042

1/7/20

SB 707-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to including projects in the ten year transportation improvement plan.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

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Funding Source:

[ ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Other - Federal Funds

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Department of Transportation install a multimodal sidepath along a portion of NH Route 122. The Department estimates this project would incur engineering and permitting costs of $648,000, which would be expended between FY 2021 and FY 2023, as well as construction costs exceeding $5,600,000, but not until FY 2025 (anticipated year of construction). Potential right-of-way costs cannot be estimated at this time. The Department’s estimates assume the following assumptions:

Costs adapted from Amherst "Village-to-Oval Multimodal Sidepath Project" (2019) and adjusted to account for water quality treatment requirements and limited reuse soil handling.

Sidepath is assumed to be 10’ wide and provide a minimum 5’ offset from the edge of NH 122.

Improvements to major intersections are assumed to include such measures as rectangular rapid flashing beacons with appropriate signs, crosswalk markings, detectable warning devices, and lighting.

Improvements to minor intersections are assumed to include such measures as crosswalk markings, signs, detectable warning devices, and possibly speed tables.

Traffic calming is assumed to include such measures as roadside landscaping, distinctive signing, pavement marking, and strategically located median islands.

Engineering cost will include topographic survey, design, environmental review and permitting.

Project will have substantial impacts upon right of way.

Current year construction total cost adjusted to year of construction (2025) by including 10% indirect costs and annual inflation of 2.3%.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Transportation