Regional Transportation Improvement Program 2019-2028
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Regional Transportation Improvement Plan Fiscal Year 2019-2028 UPDATED: July 2017 Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Ten Year Plan Update Process ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Transportation Planners Collaborative Threshold Criteria ............................................................................................................ 4 Scoring Criteria, Weighting, and Supporting Data .................................................................................................................................................. 5 NCC TYP Scoring Strategy ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 New TYP Projects Description, Scope and Budget .................................................................................................................................................. 7 List of Tables for All Projects ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Table 1a: New Regional Significant Projects - Selected by TAC and submitted to 2019-2028 Ten Year Plan …………. 10 Table 1b: New Regional Significant Projects - Identified by NCC staff and submitted to 2019-2028 Ten Year Plan ... 11 Table 2: NCC Projects in 2017-2020 STIP - considered “funded” ...................................................................................................... 12 NCC Projects currently in the Ten Year Plan - considered “future-funded” .................................................................................................. 13 Table 3a: NCC Individual Projects in Ten Year Plan ............................................................................................................................... 13 Table 3b: NCC Interstate Projects in Ten Year Plan ............................................................................................................................... 13 Table 3c: NCC Bridge Projects in Ten Year Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Table 3d: NCC Red Listed Bridge Projects in Ten Year Plan ............................................................................................................... 15 Table 3e: NCC Airport Projects in Ten Year Plan ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Other funding sources for projects in NCC region .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Table 4a: Statewide Projects that may include work in NCC region ................................................................................................ 17 Table 4b: Statewide Programs that may include work in NCC Region ........................................................................................... 18 Table 5: NCC Priority Projects - considered “unfunded” .................................................................................................................................... 19 Transportation Implementation Plan ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Appendix: NCC Projects from 2015 Regional Transportation Plan - considered “unfunded” .............................................................. 28 Table 6a: Unfunded Projects in Berlin/Gorham LMA ............................................................................................................................ 29 Table 6b: Unfunded Projects in Colebrook LMA ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Table 6c: Unfunded Projects in Conway LMA ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Table 6d: Unfunded Projects in Haverhill LMA ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Table 6e: Unfunded Projects in Littleton LMA ......................................................................................................................................... 36 Table 6f: Unfunded Projects in Plymouth LMA ........................................................................................................................................ 38 2 Introduction Figure 1: NCC Region In New Hampshire, the nine regional planning commissions are responsible for preparing a Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP) every two years that is derived from local community input, the knowledge and experience of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and the guidance of the regional planning commission’s Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC). The RTIP is developed in coordination with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s (NHDOT) Ten Year Plan update process. The NHDOT is mandated to propose a plan for improvements to the state’s transportation system through RSA 228:99 and RSA 240 per New Hampshire State Statutes. The legislation was enacted to allow New Hampshire to participate in federally supported transportation improvement projects. The Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) for Fiscal Years 2019-2028 consists of a list of transportation projects for the North Country Council (NCC) region including the region’s priorities for new projects added to the NHDOT Ten Year Plan, regional projects in the State’s Transportation Improvement Plan for 2017-2020 (STIP), and projects and studies identified as regional needs in the NCC Regional Transportation Plan adopted in June 2015. North Country Council consists of 51 communities and 25 unincorporated places within six labor market areas in the northern third of New Hampshire, covering approximately 3,418 square miles (Fig. 5). 3 NCC 2017 Ten Year Plan Update Process In December, 2016 North Country Council sent letters to the 51 (GACIT) hearings to gather public input on the draft 2019-2028 communities in the region with notification that the Ten Year Plan Ten Year Plan will be held in the fall of 2017. cycle was commencing. Communities were asked to provide information on new projects as well as input on projects that were Figure 2: Transportation Planners Collaborative (TPC) included in the existing Ten Year Plan. Comprehensive Project Threshold Criteria Proposal Forms were supplied to communities to compile Only projects meeting these criteria will be considered for the Ten information and NCC offered assistance in developing project Year Plan: proposals and maps as needed. Project is Feasible In March 2017, TAC meetings were held to: Project addresses a clearly defined transportation need. Discuss scoring criteria Proposal is a reasonable approach in scope and cost given existing resources. Distribute and review project proposals Project is likely to receive required Resource Agency per- Consider if projects meet the “Threshold Criteria” (Fig. 6) mits and approvals. developed by the Transportation Planners Collaborative (TPC) which includes RPC planners, NHDOT and FHWA Project is Supported Score projects Project has demonstrated local support and matching funds if necessary. Letters of support from Selectboard/Council, Prioritize new projects for possible inclusion in the Ten Year or references of publicly approved planning documents can Plan. be used to demonstrate support. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation requested that Project conforms to regulations and plans for affected areas. Regional Planning Commissions prioritize new projects being Required Fields on project application form are complete. submitted. All new TYP projects, were prioritized in the spring of Project is eligible for funding from FHWA programs EXCEPT: 2017. The NCC TAC agreed that all projects that had not been Those projects that meet TAP funding requirements as used constructed remain as regional priorities within the RTIP, unless in this recent round support is withdrawn by the town where the project is located . Individual CMAQ projects TE, SRTS, or HSIP projects In April, 2017 NCC staff compiled scores from individual TAC Projects that fall under DOT Paving program strategies members, applied the previously developed criteria weightings, (final being drafted) Projects that fall under Bridge Paving Program strategies and finalized the TYP project priorities, and submitted to NHDOT. (final being drafted) The Governor’s Advisory Council on Intermodal Transportation 4 Scoring Criteria, Weightings, and Supporting Data NCC TYP Scoring Strategy - 2017 In the year prior to the 2017 Ten Year Plan Cycle, NHDOT worked Outlined below is the strategy the NCC TAC used