Bill Text - HB594 (2019)

(New Title) establishing a committee to study the installation of rumble strips on state roads and highways.


Revision: Jan. 15, 2019, 2:54 p.m.

HB 594-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0631

05/06

 

HOUSE BILL 594-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the installation of rumble strips on state roads and highways.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Turcotte, Merr. 22; Rep. Carson, Merr. 7; Rep. Doherty, Merr. 20; Rep. Howard, Belk. 8; Rep. Saunderson, Merr. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that, if needed, sinusoidal rumble strips, commonly called mumble strips, shall be used on state roads and highways with adjacent residential development.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0631

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to the installation of rumble strips on state roads and highways.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Highway Regulation; Rumble Strips.  Amend RSA 236 by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

236:8-a  Rumble Strips.  If the commissioner of the department of transportation determines that the installation of a rumble strip is appropriate, the department shall install sinusoidal rumble strips, commonly called mumble strips, on state roads and highways with adjacent residential development, including Route 28 in Allenstown between Bear Brook state park and Route 3.

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

 

LBAO

19-0631

1/11/19

 

HB 594-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to the installation of rumble strips on state roads and highways.

 

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

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$443,400

$443,400

$443,400

$443,400

Funding Source:

  [    ] General            [    ] Education            [ X ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Highway Safety Improvement Program (Federal)

 

 

 

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Department of Transportation move from installing conventional rumble strips to sinusoidal type rumble strips (sometimes referred to as “mumble strips”).  Currently, the Department installs conventional rumble strips at $1,670 per mile, and estimates “mumble strips” would cost $3,168 per mile, a difference of $1,478 per mile.  To complete the current installation level of 300 miles per year, this bill would result in an additional cost of $443,400 per year (300 miles X $1,478).  As this bill provides no additional funding, to comply the Department would either utilize additional highway safety improvement program funds (the current source of funds for rumble strips), at the expense of other projects/uses, or seek to transfer funds from elsewhere in its budget, if any, but also at the expense of other projects/uses.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Transportation