An Act to Requue and Encourage Safe and Interconnected Transportation Construction Pt oj ects
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1674
Committee Amendment CA_A_H412 (House)
Amends: 23 MRSA §73, 29-A MRSA §2073

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to HP 1072, L D 1674, "An Act to Requue 
and Encourage Safe and Interconnected Transportation Construction Pt oj ects" 
Amend the bill by strikmg out the title and substttutmg the followmg 
'An Act to Require and Encourage Safe and Interconnected Transportation' 
Amend the bill by strikmg out everythmg after the enactmg clause and msertmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §73, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2011, c 655, Pt JJ, §9 and 
affected by §41 and amended by c 657, Pt W, §5, is further amended by enactmg at the 
end a new last blocked paragraph to read 
The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules. to the extent possible, to ensm e that 
all persons are safe on pubhc ways, mcludmg bicyclists, pedestrians, persons of all ages 
and ab1hties, transit users and motor vehicle users. and that all persons have safe and 
efficient access to the transportation system Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are 
routme technical rules as defined m Title 5, chapter 375. subchapter 2-A 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §73, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2021, c 239, §1, is furthei 
amended to read. 
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Priorities, service levels, asset management goals and reporting. 
The 
Department of Transportation shall classify the State's public highways as Pt 1011ty 1 to 
Priority 5 usmg factors such as safety metrics. crash data, the federal functional 
classification system, reg10nal economic stgmficance, heavy haul truck use and relative 
regional traffic volumes 
The department shall also establish customer service levels 
related to safety, condition and set v1ceabihty appropriate to the pnonty of the highway, 
resulting m a system that grades each highway as Good, Fair or Poor 
To provide a capital transpo11atton piogram that ts geogtaphtcally balanced and that 
addresses urban and rural needs and meets customer expectations and transportation system 
needs, the department shall mclude the following goals as part of its asset management and 
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work plan preparation The goals are to 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to HP 1072, L D 1674 
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Mamtam Priorrty 1 highways in accordance with the department's federally 
required transportation asset management plan and the department's customer service 
measures so that no more than 15% of the highways are rated as Poor, 
B-1 
Mamtam Priority 2 and Priority 3 highways so that no more than 15% of the 
highways are rated as Poor, and 
D Contmue the hght capital pavmg program on a 7-year cycle for Priority 4 highways 
outside compact areas as defined m section 7 54 
The department shall report to the J omt standmg committee of the Legislatm e havmg 
jurisdiction over transportation matters by March 1st of each odd-numbered year 
quantifying the status of each of the goals The department shall i ecommend any remedial 
act10ns, mcludmg additional funding or revisions to the goals, that the department 
determmes to be necessary or appropriate 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2073, sub-§5 1s enacted to read 
5. Roadway and intersection safety evaluation. At the request of a mumcipahty, 
the department shall perform a safety evaluatton of an ex1stmg roadway or mtersection, 
usmg a mult1d1sc1phnazy team of personnel, that estimates potential road safety issues and 
identifies opportumties for improvements The department shall provide a full report of 
the results of the evaluation to the mumcipahty 
Sec. 4. Report. The Department of Transp011at10n shall evaluate how speed hmits 
are set and develop recommendat10ns for changes to state, county and mumcipal street 
design standards, state laws and municipal ordmances to achieve the goal of ehmmatmg all 
traffic fatahties and serious mJunes by 2035 By January 3, 2024, the department shall 
report its findmgs and recommendations, mcludmg any suggested legislat1on, to the Jomt 
Standmg Committee on Transportation The committee may report out a bill related to the 
report to the Second Regular Session of the 131 st Legislature. 
Sec. 5. Rulemaking. In its mitial adoptmg of rules to implement the Mame Revised 
Statutes, Title 23, section 73, subsection 4, the Department of T1 ansportation shall 
incorporate, as applicable, the department's Complete Streets Pohcy completed m 2014 and 
revised in June 2019 and all pohcy documents and standaid piact1ces related to the 
following commumty-based initiatives the Municipal Partnership Initiative, the Village 
Partnership Imtiat1ve, the Busmess Partnership Initiative and the Planmng Partnership 
Imtiative' 
Amend the btll by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part lettei or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment 
Directs the Department of Transportation to adopt 1 ules to ensure that all persons, 
mcludmg bicyclists, pedestrians, persons of all ages and ab1ht1es, transit users and motor 
vehicle users, a1e safe on the State's pubhc ways and that all persons have safe and efficient 
access to the transportation system It directs the department, m adoptmg those rules, to use 
the Complete Streets Policy completed m 2014 and revised m June 2019 and all pohcy 
documents and standard practices related to the followmg community-based mtttatives the 
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Municipal Partnership Imttative, the Village Partnership Initiative, the Business 
Partnership Initiative and the Planning Partnership Initiative, 
Adds safety metrics and crash data to the cons1de1at10ns under the department's 
pnont1es, service levels, asset management goals and reporting, 
Provides that, at the request of a municipality, the department must pet form a road 
safety evaluat10n, and 
4. Reqmres, by January 3, 2024, that the department report to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Transportation on the department's evaluation of how speed hmits are set, 
provide recommendations for changes to state, county and municipal sheet design 
standards, state laws and mumcipal ordinances to achieve the goal of ehminating all traffic 
fatalities and serious mJunes by 203 S, and report any findings related to speed hmits or 
traffic fatalities and recommendations, including suggested leg1slat1on The committee may 
report out a btll related to the report to the Second Regular Sess10n of the 131 st Legislature 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 05/19/23 feae 
LD 1674 
LR 1794(02) 
An Act to Require and Encourage Safe and Interconnected Transportation Construction Projects 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/f { H -4 l 7-) 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Add1t10nal costs associated with rulemaking and performing requested safety evaluations of existing 1 oadways 01 
intersections can be absorbed w1thm existing budgeted resources 
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