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I.The department of transportation shall be responsive to requests for information relative to the plan.
II.The plan shall include a list of projects intended to be under construction in the next 10 years with dates and costs of construction.
III.Preliminary studies, design, and right of way funding for long term projects that have been approved by the Governor's Advisory Commission on Intermodal Transportation (GACIT) and the department of transportation shall be included in the plan.
IV.The governor shall transmit the plan to the general court by January 15 of each even-numbered year. Projects listed in the plan shall be listed by the year the funds are to be expended and the 10 years of the plan shall be financially constrained.
V.Projects listed in the plan, except projects which
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I. The department of transportation shall be responsive to requests for information relative to the plan.
II. The plan shall include a list of projects intended to be under construction in the next 10 years with dates and costs of construction.
III. Preliminary studies, design, and right of way funding for long term projects that have been approved by the Governor's Advisory Commission on Intermodal Transportation (GACIT) and the department of transportation shall be included in the plan.
IV. The governor shall transmit the plan to the general court by January 15 of each even-numbered year. Projects listed in the plan shall be listed by the year the funds are to be expended and the 10 years of the plan shall be financially constrained.
V. Projects listed in the plan, except projects which are solely for infrastructure preservation or which stem from statewide transportation programs included in the plan, shall be prioritized based on a department of transportation methodology that examines the certainty of a project relative to its scope, cost, constructability, permitability, and public support, provided that the project has the following:
(a) Preliminary design.
(b) Environmental evaluation.
(c) A public participation process.
(d) Available and adequate funding.
VI. The following shall be considered for any project proposed for the plan:
(a) Safety.
(b) Multimodalism.
(c) Land use.
(d) Infrastructure preservation.
(e) Overall corridor improvement.
(f) For any project located in the coastal and Great Bay regions of the state, the project shall reference as guidance for all potentially affected activities in said regions the requirements regarding coastal resilience and economic development in RSA 483-B:22.
VII. Every 2 years, the department of transportation shall propose to the general court a list of projects to be removed from the 10-year plan if the department determines that any project:
(a) Has significantly changed in scope; or
(b) Is no longer financially or environmentally feasible; or
(c) Lacks the necessary permits; or
(d) For other reasons is unnecessary or unlikely to proceed.
VIII. Inflation shall be included in the costs calculated in the 10-year plan and shall also be included in calculating the necessary revenues.
IX. The department of transportation shall meet at least semi-annually with the GACIT.
X. The GACIT shall review:
(a) Department of transportation financial status and issues.
(b) The status and issues of transportation projects.
(c) Other ongoing initiatives and issues.
XI. The GACIT shall provide the first statewide review of the plan as drafted by the department of transportation with input from the regional planning commissions.