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NY A09874
Bill
Status
7/21/2020
Primary Sponsor
Nily Rozic
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Transportation to formulate a comprehensive statewide master plan with a minimum 20-year forecast period assessing long-range transportation needs and pavement/bridge conditions of state highways and bridges.
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Mandates the department review and update the transportation plan at least every five years to extend the forecast period to at least 20 years, with the initial plan due September 1, 2021.
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Requires consideration of the most recent 20-year transportation plans from metropolitan planning organizations and statewide transportation improvement programs developed under federal regulations.
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Directs the commissioner to submit semi-annual reports to the governor and legislature beginning September 1, 2021, listing capital projects with major schedule changes (12+ month delays) or major cost changes (50% for projects ≤$15 million; 25% for projects >$15 million).
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Requires the department to maintain the transportation plan and revisions on its public website with a mechanism for public comment submission and maintain hard copies in the commissioner's office and regional offices.
Legislative Description
Relates to a state transportation plan; requires such plan include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, assessing long-range needs spanning such period, including a forecast of highway pavement and bridge conditions; and requires the commissioner of transportation to submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, beginning September first, two thousand nineteen and semi-annually thereafter, a list of those capital projects in the department's capital program that have experienced major schedule changes or major cost changes in letting schedule or construction cost.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
7/21/2020