Maine § 23 §73 Transportation policy

Maine Statutes

§ 23 §73 — Transportation policy

Maine § 23 §73

Title 23TRANSPORTATION

Part 1STATE HIGHWAY LAW

Ch. 3OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 23, § 23 §73 (2026).

Text

1.Short title. This section may be known and cited as the "Sensible Transportation Policy Act."

2.Purposes and findings. The people of the State find that decisions regarding the State's transportation network are vital to the well-being of Maine citizens, to the economic health of the State and to the quality of life that the citizens treasure and seek to protect.

3.Transportation policy. It is the policy of the State that transportation planning decisions, capital investment decisions and project decisions must:

4.Rulemaking. The Department of Transportation shall adopt a rule within one year of the effective date of this Act, in coordination with the Maine Turnpike Authority and state agencies including the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Agricult

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1.
Short title.
This section may be known and cited as the "Sensible Transportation Policy Act."
2.
Purposes and findings.
The people of the State find that decisions regarding the State's transportation network are vital to the well-being of Maine citizens, to the economic health of the State and to the quality of life that the citizens treasure and seek to protect.
3.
Transportation policy.
It is the policy of the State that transportation planning decisions, capital investment decisions and project decisions must:
4.
Rulemaking.
The Department of Transportation shall adopt a rule within one year of the effective date of this Act, in coordination with the Maine Turnpike Authority and state agencies including the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Department of Environmental Protection, to implement the statewide comprehensive transportation policy. The rule must incorporate a public participation process that provides municipalities and other political subdivisions of the State and members of the public notice and opportunity to comment on transportation planning decisions, capital investment decisions, project decisions and compliance with the statewide transportation policy.
5.
Applicability to Department of Transportation.
Transportation planning decisions, capital investment decisions and project decisions of the Department of Transportation are governed by and must comply with the transportation policy set forth in this section and rules implementing that policy.
6.
Capital goals and reporting.
7.
Priorities, service levels, asset management goals and reporting.
The Department of Transportation shall classify the State's public highways as Priority 1 to Priority 5 using factors such as safety metrics, crash data, the federal functional classification system, regional economic significance, heavy haul truck use and relative regional traffic volumes. The department shall also establish customer service levels related to safety, condition and serviceability appropriate to the priority of the highway, resulting in a system that grades each highway as Good, Fair or Poor.

Legislative History

IB 1991, c. 1, §1 (NEW). RR 1991, c. 2, §88 (COR). PL 2003, c. 22, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 470, Pt. B, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 610, Pt. B, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. JJ, §9 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. JJ, §41 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5 (REV). PL 2021, c. 239, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 177, §§2-4 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 237, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 237, §5 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 319, §§1-4 (AMD). RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. A, §§19-21 (COR). PL 2023, c. 646, Pt. A, §29 (AMD).