Highway Simplification Study

The “Highway Simplification” study was created by the Legislature in early 2009 under LD 333 and enacted as PL 2009, Chapter 413. It requires the MaineDOT to work with other stakeholders to “study the current systems for classification of public highways and related responsibilities to determine whether they can or should be simplified in ways that improve customer service, improve investment decisions, apply standards appropriate to the road, leverage the ability to deliver improvements at a lower cost and generally result in the most overall benefit to the most travelers for each dollar spent.”

The first meeting of MaineDOT, MMA, and 50 municipal officials occurred on October 15 in Augusta. The second meeting occurred on November 20, 2009 in Augusta and was a kickoff meeting for the recently-appointed Policy Committee.

The following documents, including the October 15 presentation, explain the progress of the Study.

Study Documents

Please note: The following documents are in the Adobe PDF, Microsoft Power Point, and Mircrosoft Word Formats. If your web browser or screen reader cannot view any of the documents listed on this page, please contact the MaineDOT at (207) 624-3000.

• Legislative Findings relative to LD 333 (PDF Format)
• MMA letter of October 2, 2009 to all interested municipal officials (PDF Format)
• October 15, 2009 Presentation by Deputy Commissioner Bruce Van Note
  (PDF Format) (Power Point 2003 Format)
• November 12, 2009 initial letter to Policy Group (PDF Format) (Word 2003 Format)
• Agenda for 11/20/09 Policy Group (PDF Format) (Word 2003 Format)
  
  

This page last updated on 11/19/09