Transcript NH State Perspectives on Transportation Planning

The Road to New
Hampshire's Future
Transportation Funding
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Overview/summary
Operational deficit
Preservation and Maintenance
Capital needs
Key Facts About DOT
1,605 permanent employees (FY14) – 22% steady decrease since 1992
Responsible for:
• 2,143 State Bridges
• State Red List – 140 (7%)
• State Near Red List – 261
• 1,685 Municipal Bridges
• Municipal Red List – 353 (21%)
• All bridges are inspected at least once every two years
• State red list bridges are inspected twice every year
• Municipal red list bridges are inspected once every year
• 4,559 centerline miles of roadway maintained (additional 290 town
maintained)
• 8,868 lane-miles of roadway maintained
• Annual paving totals 200-300 miles per year (40,000 tons asphalt)
• Maintain 100,000 highway signs
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DOT FUNDING SOURCES
• Highway Fund (road toll tax a.k.a. gas tax, motor
vehicle fees, court fees, misc.) $260 m/ year)
• -$48 m deficit FY16, -$105 m FY17
Operating Budget
• Federal Aid ($143 m/year) – Capital Budget
• General Funds: Aeronautics, Rail, Transit
($900,000/year)
• Turnpike Fund: Turnpikes only (subject to
covenants to bondholders): $117m/year tolls
One-time Non-Sustainable Operating
Funding
• FY 06-07
Surplus from Highway Fund
• FY 08-09
Bonding $60m
• FY 10-11
Registration Surcharge $90m
I-95 Transfer $50m
• FY 12-13
I-95 Transfer $52m
• FY 14 -15
I-95 Transfer $ 30m
• FY 16 -17
Deficit -$48m & - $105m
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NHDOT Positions VS DVMT & Lane Miles
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# of Positions
1900
Years
57% of Staff eligible for retirement in next 5 years
Daily Vehicle Miles Travel (DVMT) &
Lane Miles
2000
VMT 29% increase
11% increase lane miles
20% less # positions
# of Positions
Lane Miles
DVMT
Linear (DVMT)
Economic Impact of Maintenance
• 40% expenditures Highway Maintenance are expended
solely for Snow & Ice control yearly
$32-$42 million/year FY 2012 = $32 million
• Studies have shown that if a state was to “shut down”
due to a Snow and & Ice event, economic impacts could
be between $64 million (UT) and $700 million (NY)
DAILY. Massachusetts had an estimated daily loss of
$265 million
(2011 American Highway Users Alliance study)
Average Price of Asphalt Cement
1992 to 2012
 The cost of asphalt cement increased 460% over this
period
 Diesel, gasoline, road salt increases…..
Statewide Pavement Condition
(4,559 total centerline miles 299 unrated)
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19 % good condition - 828 miles
44 % fair condition - 1,867 miles
37 % poor condition - 1,565 miles
$615 million would be needed to bring all poor
condition pavements to good condition (not
including drainage, guard rail & bridges)
$3.7 billion is the estimated total value of the
state-owned pavements
Pavements are the State’s most valuable asset
other than land and bridges
Pavement Conditions
2000
2010
Red = Poor Condition
Limited Resources
Must Manage & Prioritize
1st priority – NH National Highway System (includes all
high volume and primary routes); needed for healthy
economy and mobility
2nd priority – Remaining US Routes and State
Numbered Routes; maintained at a less than desirable
level
3rd priority - State Unnumbered Routes; not being
properly maintained due to lack of funding
Capital Needs
• Many More needs than resources
– Ten Year Plan Feedback
• Prioritization and Balance
• Alternative modes of transportation
• Municipal Needs
Capital Needs
• Regional Priorities to fund:
– New Hampton/Meredith – NH 104
– Bristol – NH 104
– Meredith – NH 25
– I-93 Exit 19
– Alton-Gilford NH 11