HB 1593-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2848

12/10

HOUSE BILL 1593-FN

AN ACT requiring the department of transportation to erect sound barriers on Interstate Route 95 in the city of Portsmouth.

SPONSORS: Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of transportation to erect a sound barrier on Interstate 95 in the city of Portsmouth.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2848

12/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT requiring the department of transportation to erect sound barriers on Interstate Route 95 in the city of Portsmouth.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Department of Transportation; City of Portsmouth; Erection of Sound Barrier.  The department of transportation shall erect a sound barrier on Interstate 95 in the vicinity of the Pannaway Manor neighborhood and the Rockingham avenue neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth. Construction shall be completed by December 2024. The cost of erecting the sound barrier shall be a charge against the turnpike fund.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBA

22-2848

12/15/21

HB 1593-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT requiring the department of transportation to erect sound barriers on Interstate Route 95 in the city of Portsmouth.

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the construction of sound barriers on a certain section if Interstate 95 in Portsmouth.  The Department of Transportation has provided the following estimates (with an anticipated completion date of December 2024):

• A total cost of $9,662,500 (incurred in FY 2023), charged to the Turnpike Fund:
  • $3,877,500 for the Pannaway Manor neighborhood section sound barrier (70,500 square feet X $55.00 per square foot)
  • $1,000,000 for the relocation of a natural gas pipeline relocation necessary to properly site the Pannaway Manor sound barrier
  • $4,785,000 for the Rockingham Avenue neighborhood section sound barrier (87,000 square feet X $55.00 per square foot)

This bill does not provide any additional/new funding, therefore it would impact other Turnpike capital program projects.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Transportation