Resolve, To Expand the Scope of the Study of Existing Highway Infrastructure and Future Capacity Needs West of Route 1 in York and Cumberland Counties Being Conducted by the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1064
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: TUTTLE, COLLINS, HOGAN, MAZUREK, NASS, PEOPLES, THERIAULT, THOMAS

Legislative Document 
No. 1064 
H.P. 799 
House of Representatives, March 15, 2011 
Resolve, To Expand the Scope of the Study of Existing Highway 
Infrastructure and Future Capacity Needs West of Route 1 in York 
and Cumberland Counties Being Conducted by the Department of 
Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative TUTTLE of Sanford. 
Cosponsored by Senator COLLINS of York and 
Representatives: HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach, MAZUREK of Rockland, NASS of Acton, 
PEOPLES of Westbrook, THERIAULT of Madawaska, Senator: THOMAS of Somerset. 
Sec. 1.  Resolve 2007, c. 95, §1, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2007, c. 95, 
§1 is amended to read: 
Sec. 1.  Study of existing infrastructure and future capacity needs west of 
Route 1 in York and Cumberland counties.  Resolved:  That the Department of 
Transportation, or “the department,” and the Maine Turnpike Authority, or “the 
authority," shall conduct a study of existing highway infrastructure and future capacity 
needs west of Route 1 in York and Cumberland counties, including the greater Gorham 
and Sanford areas and the area west of Sanford along the United States Route 202 
corridor to the New Hampshire border.  The purpose of this study is to develop a series of 
recommendations to enhance, expand and preserve highway connections between Route 
and the Maine Turnpike and communities in western Cumberland County and York 
County.  In conducting the study, the department and the authority shall review existing 
and potential new routes from the Maine Turnpike to municipal centers in western 
Cumberland County and York County that, in the determination of the department and 
the authority, would, if constructed, significantly decrease congestion on state and local 
roads in the area and improve access from communities in western Cumberland County 
and York County to the Maine Turnpike. The study must be designed and conducted in a 
manner that will allow the results to be used during future state and federal permitting of 
any proposal that may proceed to construction, and any potential project must be 
compatible with state transportation policy in accordance with Maine's Sensible 
Transportation Policy Act and the federal National Environmental Policy Act.  In 
evaluating and prioritizing strategies for study, the department and the authority shall 
consider, at a minimum, the following factors: 
1.  The feasibility of expanding the existing highway infrastructure to accommodate 
future traffic and economic demands of the region; 
2.  The role of transit and other alternative modes of transportation in managing the 
transportation demand in the region; 
3.  The feasibility and effectiveness of the new proposed transportation infrastructure 
strategies to meet the future traffic and economic needs, including: 
A.  The traffic impact of the new infrastructure on the existing road network; 
B.  Environmental impacts; 
C.  Traffic toll revenue projections on any new infrastructure and the effects on toll 
revenues on the existing turnpike; and 
D.  Construction and maintenance costs; 
4.  Coordinating with area communities and regional planning agencies to evaluate 
land use impacts of all strategies studied, and developing recommendations to 
communities for land use controls to protect their community character, economic vitality 
and future investments in the transportation system; and 
5.  Any other factors determined relevant by the department and the authority; and be 
it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Resolve 2007, c. 95, §2, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2007, c. 95, 
§2 is amended to read: 
Sec. 2.  Initial report.  Resolved:  That the department and the authority shall 
submit an initial report on the results of their study to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation no later than February 28, 2008. Upon its receipt and review of the report, 
the committee may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd 
Legislature.; and be it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. 3.  Resolve 2007, c. 95, §3, enacted. Resolved: That Resolve 2007, c. 95, 
§3 is enacted to read: 
Sec. 3.  Final report.  Resolved:  That the department and the authority shall 
submit a final report on the results of their study to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation no later than December 7, 2011. Upon its receipt and review of the report, 
the committee may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This bill expands the scope of the study of existing highway infrastructure and future 
capacity needs west of Route 1 in York and Cumberland counties, including the greater 
Gorham and Sanford areas, which is being conducted by the Department of 
Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority, to include the area west of Sanford 
along the United States Route 202 corridor to the New Hampshire border.  It also requires 
the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority to report the results 
of their study to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than December 
7, 2011 and allows the committee to submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 
125th Legislature upon its receipt and review of the report.