An Act to Improve Access and System Preservation by Providing Shoulders and Bicycle Lanes on State Roadways Leading to State Parks and Other Significant Destinations
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1141
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: MOORE, DOUDERA, CHIPMAN, DAUGHTRY, GROHOSKI, TIPPING
Amends: 23 MRSA §710

Legislative Document
No. 1141
S.P. 468
In Senate, March 13, 2023
An Act to Improve Access and System Preservation by Providing 
Shoulders and Bicycle Lanes on State Roadways Leading to State 
Parks and Other Significant Destinations
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MOORE of Washington.
Cosponsored by Representative DOUDERA of Camden and
Senators: CHIPMAN of Cumberland, DAUGHTRY of Cumberland, GROHOSKI of Hancock, 
TIPPING of Penobscot.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  23 MRSA §710 is enacted to read:
§710.  Shoulders and bicycle lanes
1. Program established. The Department of Transportation shall develop a program 
to:
A. Cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau 
of Parks and Lands to identify the state parks with the highest number of visitors;
B. Construct shoulders of not less than 5 feet in width on state and state aid highways 
that serve the state parks identified under paragraph A or other destinations of statewide 
or regional significance; and
C. Identify state and state aid highways serving high-use state parks near population 
centers and prioritize the construction of separated bicycle lanes on those state and state 
aid highways.
The program must construct the shoulders and bicycle lanes described by this subsection 
on state and state aid highways beginning with the highways already scheduled for 
improvement and include a plan for completing the construction required by this subsection 
before January 1, 2044.
2.  Fund established.  The Shoulder and Bicycle Lane Program Fund is established as 
a dedicated account within the Department of Transportation. The fund must be used for 
the administration of the program established pursuant to subsection 1. The department 
shall administer the fund.
Sec. 2. Transfer from Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund. Notwithstanding 
any provision of law to the contrary, on or before October 15, 2023, the State Controller 
shall transfer $1,000,000 from the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund Other Special 
Revenue Funds account within the Department of Economic and Community Development 
to the Shoulder and Bicycle Lane Program Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account 
within the Department of Transportation. 
Sec. 3. Transfer from Parks - General Operations. Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, on or before October 15, 2023, the State Controller shall 
transfer $1,000,000 from the Parks - General Operations program, General Fund account 
within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to the Shoulder and 
Bicycle Lane Program Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department 
of Transportation. 
Sec. 4.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Shoulder and Bicycle Lane Program Fund N398
Initiative: Provides allocations to construct shoulders and bicycle lanes on state and state 
aid highways serving certain state parks and other destinations of statewide or regional 
significance.
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
2023-24
2024-25
Capital Expenditures
$2,500,000
$2,500,000
__________
__________
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL
$2,500,000
$2,500,000
SUMMARY
This bill establishes a program to construct wide shoulders and separated bicycle lanes 
on certain state and state aid highways near state parks and other destinations of statewide 
or regional significance and a fund for the administration of the program.