Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Request Federal Funding for the Extension and Completion of Interstate 95
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0736
Committee Amendment CA_A_S60 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to S.P. 283, L.D. 736, "Resolve, Directing the 
Department of Transportation To Request Federal Funding for the Extension and 
Completion of Interstate 95" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Secure Funding To 
Complete the Aroostook North-South Highway Project' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the Caribou and Presque Isle segments of the Aroostook North-South 
Highway have available and ready for use in construction over $40,000,000 in federal 
financial assistance through the provision of high priority project funding by Congress; 
and 
Wh~reas, the Governor executed an order in March 2009 directing the Department 
of Transportation to make the completion of these segments a priority, with construction 
of the Caribou segment to begin in 2010 and the Presque Isle segment to begin no later 
than 2011; and 
Whereas, the cities of Caribou and Presque Isle have unanimously resolved through 
their respective city councils to proceed with the construction of these segments; and 
Whereas, through the Act To Secure Maine's Transportation Future, Public Law 
2007, chapter 470, the Legislature listed the Aroostook North-South Highway as an 
extraordinary corridor, which now has a scope, priority and schedule for community 
consensus within the meaning of that Act; and 
Whereas, the current available funding to complete the construction of both of these 
segments is insufficient; and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 283, L.D. 736 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, be it 
Sec. 1. Full project funding request. Resolved: That the Department of 
Transportation shall secure full funding to complete the Aroostook North-South Highway 
project beginning with segments in Caribou and Presque Isle through all available 
funding options, including federal funding through the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 or any other similar legislation, the reauthorization of federal 
surface transportation legislation, bonds, Highway Fund allocations and pUblic-private 
partnerships. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which replaces the resolve, directs the Department of 
Transportation to secure full funding to complete the Aroostook North-South Highway 
project beginning with segments in Caribou and Presque Isle through all available 
funding options, 
including federal funding through stimulus legislation and the 
reauthorization of federal surface transportation legislation, bonds, Highway Fund 
allocations and public-private partnerships. 
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LD736 
LR 954(02) 
Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Request Federal Funding for the Extension 
and Completion of Interstate 95 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,It" 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium revenue increase - Federal Expenditures Funds 
Potential current biennium revenue increase - Bond Funds 
Potential current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Funds 
Potential current biennium cost increase - Bond Funds 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation requires the Department of Transportation to secure full funding to complete the Aroostook North-
South Highway project through federal funding, bonding and/or Highway Fund revenues. The Department of 
Transportation has secured $40 million in fiinding for this purpose from the Congressional Delegation and has begun 
the pla,nning process. This fimding will also be tlsed to complete the Caribou project and begin planning on the 
Presque Isle project as required in the bill. Additional fimding would need to be secured to fully complete the 
Aroostook North-South Highway project. 
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