Bill Text: NH SB259 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to traffic and safety improvements on Route 101 Amherst, Bedford, and Milford.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 01/03/2024; Senate Journal 1 [SB259 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB259-Introduced.html

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SB 259-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-1018

09/10

 

SENATE BILL 259-FN

 

AN ACT relative to traffic and safety improvements on Route 101 Amherst, Bedford, and Milford.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Morton, Hills. 34; Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34; Rep. LeClerc, Hills. 34; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 37; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the department of transportation to include in the 10-year transportation improvement plan, a plan to address gateway treatments, physical traffic calming, and psychological traffic calming on Route 101 from Amherst to the intersection of Route 101 and Route 101A in Milford.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-1018

09/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to traffic and safety improvements on Route 101 Amherst, Bedford, and Milford.

 

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

 

1  Department of Transportation; 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan; Traffic Calming on Route 101.  The department of transportation shall include in the 10-year transportation improvement plan, a plan to address chronic severe crashes on Route 101 from Bedford to the intersection of Route 101 and Route 101A in Milford.

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

 

LBA

23-1018

Revised 1/31/23

 

SB 259-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to traffic and safety improvements on Route 101 Amherst, Bedford, and Milford.

 

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

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to include in the State’s Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan (“TYP”), a plan to address gateway treatments, physical traffic calming, and psychological traffic calming on Route 101 from Amherst to the intersection of Route 101 and Route 101A in Milford. The Department states this project is already included in the TYP and has been built in a series of projects.  The overall project is identified as “Wilton-Milford-Amherst-Bedford 13692”, and four individual construction projects have been identified.  As part of the update of the 2023-2032 TYP, $7.0 million in additional construction funds were added to the project.  It is anticipated that this additional funding will be identified as another individual construction project and funding is scheduled for FY 2026.  The project is federally funded, with 80% Federal funded with 20% turnpike toll credits. The current project cost estimate is $2.85 million and no state or local funding is anticipated.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Transportation