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Commonwealth of Massachusetts FY2008-2012 Five-Year Capital Commonwealth of Massachusetts FY2008-2012 Five-Year Capital Investment Plan August 2007 Deval L. Patrick, Governor Timothy P. Murray, Lt. Governor Leslie A. Kirwan, Secretary of Administration & Finance TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................1 VISION........................................................................................................................................................1 CHALLENGES..............................................................................................................................................2 ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES AND PURSUING THE VISION .........................................................................3 Job Creation and Economic Growth ................................................................................................5 World-Class Education ......................................................................................................................6 Environmental Protection and Clean Energy ..................................................................................6 Partnering with Cities and Towns.....................................................................................................7 Safe Communities ..............................................................................................................................7 Quality, Affordable Health Care for All.............................................................................................8 CAPITAL FINANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS .............................................................................................10 CAPITAL FINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE .........................................................10 PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN ...........................................................................11 PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION FISCAL YEAR 2008-2012 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN ...14 AFFORDABILITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................................................14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN ......................................................................................................................15 TOTAL FY08-12 CAPITAL SPENDING BY SOURCE OF FUNDS ......................................................................20 TOTAL FY08-12 CAPITAL SPENDING BY MAJOR INVESTMENT CATEGORY...................................................21 COMPARISON OF FY07 PROJECTED CAPITAL SPENDING AND FY08 CAPITAL BUDGET................................21 HIGHER EDUCATION..................................................................................................................................23 TRANSPORTATION.....................................................................................................................................26 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................30 HOUSING ..................................................................................................................................................33 ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT .........................................................................................................................35 PUBLIC SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................38 CORRECTIONS ..........................................................................................................................................40 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY......................................................................................................................42 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.................................................................................................................44 STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.................................................................................................46 COURTS ...................................................................................................................................................47 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM..........................................................................................................49 MAINTENANCE ..........................................................................................................................................51 NEXT STEPS..............................................................................................................................................53 APPENDIX A: DEBT AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS APPENDIX B: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON BONDING, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND STATE ASSETS APPENDIX C: FY08 DETAILED CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX D: FY08 PROJECT AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS Commonwealth of Massachusetts Five-Year Capital Investment Plan: FY2008-2012 Executive Summary Introduction Developing and implementing a capital budget is among the most important responsibilities of state government. Through its capital budget, the Commonwealth invests significant resources in infrastructure and other public assets that are critical to our quality of life, the strength of our economy, and the efficient functioning of government at every level. Among other things, these investments help build and maintain roads and rail we use for our daily commutes, public college facilities that educate our workforce and nurture our innovation economy, state parks and open space that enhance our landscape and protect our environment, and safe, affordable housing for the people of Massachusetts. The Patrick-Murray Administration’s five-year, $12 billion capital plan embodies its commitment to promoting shared prosperity and economic opportunity across our entire state. The investments included in this plan – and the additional resources that they leverage – will make meaningful progress in meeting our state’s immense inventory of capital needs, funding high-priority projects that will make Massachusetts a better place to live, work, raise a family and grow a business. They will contribute to the creation of high-quality jobs in Massachusetts, making a significant step toward realizing Governor Patrick’s objective of creating 100,000 jobs during his term in office. These capital investments will also fund the development of a world-class higher education system in accordance with the Governor’s education initiative. The Administration’s capital spending plan is fiscally responsible, setting annual borrowing levels to fund our capital program based on the state’s actual capacity to repay its debts. It is also the product of an inclusive and thorough process designed to ensure that scarce resources are strategically allocated in an informed and rational manner. Vision The Patrick-Murray Administration has a long-term vision of a network of high- quality public infrastructure in the Commonwealth that makes Massachusetts one of the healthiest, easiest, safest, and most attractive places in the world to live, work, raise a family and grow a business. This is a vision of a well-maintained and strategically located system of mass transit, roads, bridges, housing and commercial areas that breathes life into our economy and supports the creation of hundreds of thousands of quality jobs; a vision of world-class educational facilities that provide a supportive, technologically advanced and safe environment for every single one of our children to learn, to grow and to be productive and engaged members of our 21st century society; a vision of energy- efficient public buildings, a transportation system that encourages and facilitates the use of environmentally-sensitive modes of transportation, public infrastructure that promotes Page 1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Five-Year Capital Investment Plan: FY2008-2012 sustainable and smart development, clean air and water, well-maintained parks and recreational areas, and protected natural forests, landscapes and open spaces. This is a vision of high-quality public infrastructure in our communities where we live, work, raise our families and run our businesses; a vision of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment that enable our public safety officers to keep us safe; a vision of technologically advanced systems for administering subsidized state health care to ensure quality, affordable health care for the neediest of Massachusetts residents; and a vision of state government buildings, equipment, technology and other resources that support an efficient, effective and responsive state government. Challenges The Administration’s long-term vision of the Commonwealth and of its public infrastructure described above guided the development of its five-year capital investment plan, but the plan represents only a step down the path toward that vision. The Administration confronted major challenges in developing this five-year capital plan. Above all, the Commonwealth has immense investment needs for every type of capital asset and throughout every region of our state. Some of these needs have arisen recently, while many others have long been evident but left unaddressed due to inadequate investment in our public assets. For example: An independent Transportation Finance Commission has found that the cost simply to maintain our current transportation system exceeds anticipated
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