Bill Text: NH HB578 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Erecting a sound barrier along the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-14 - Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/11/2025 (Vote 16-2; Regular Calendar) [HB578 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB578-Introduced.html
HB 578-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0744
06/11
HOUSE BILL 578-FN
AN ACT erecting a sound barrier along the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
SPONSORS: Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Miles, Hills. 12; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Presa, Hills. 12; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. McGough, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of transportation to install sound barriers along a certain segment of the F.E. Everett turnpike in the town of Merrimack.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0744
06/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT erecting a sound barrier along the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Installation of Sound Barriers. The department of transportation shall install sound barriers along the F.E. Everett Turnpike ("FEET") as follows: along the west side of the FEET southbound, southwest of Interchange 12, in the Town of Merrimack, encompassing the neighborhoods of Roundtree Drive, Davis Road, Vista Way, Ministerial Drive, Weston Road, and Kittridge Lane; and, on the west side of the turnpike southbound, northwest of Interchange 12, in the Town of Merrimack, including Back River Road, Bradford Drive, Belmont Drive, Raymond Drive, Small Lane, and Brookfield Drive.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
25-0744
1/7/25
HB 578-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT erecting a sound barrier along the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding.
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | $7,200,000 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | Turnpike Fund | |||||
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 installation of sound barriers at certain locations along the F.E. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The Department of Transportation states that including design and construction, the sounds barriers required under this bill would cost an estimated $7,200,000. Based upon recent bids and adjustments for inflation, the Department’s standard noise barrier design is estimated to cost approximately $100 per square foot in 2023 dollars. It is estimated that the Roundtree Drive neighborhood sound barrier would cost approximately $3,300,000 (32,890 square feet X $100 = $3,289,000) and the Back River Road neighborhood sound barrier would cost approximately $3,900,000 (39,035 square feet X $100 = $3,903,500).
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Transportation
