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.

• Charters for Policy Work Group (PDF Format), Standards/Costs Subcommittee (PDF Format), and Urban Issues Subcommittee (PDF Format)
• Agenda for Road Standards/Costs Subcommittee - First meeting, Jan. 6, 2010 at 1:00 PM, MaineDOT Main Conference Room (PDF Format)
• Agenda for Urban Issues Subcommittee - First meeting, Jan. 7, 2010 at 1:00 PM, MaineDOT Main Conference Room (PDF Format)
• Comment Form (PDF Format)
• Minutes of the 12/11/09 Policy Work Group (PDF Format) (Word Format)
• Agenda for the 12/11/09 Meeting in Augusta, Maine (PDF Format)
• Minutes of the 11/20/09 Policy Work Group (PDF Format) (Word Format)
• November 20, 2009 presentations by Bruce Van Note
  • Where does all the Money Go? (PDF Format) (Power Point Format)
  • Why are we doing this Study? (PDF Format) (Power Point Format)
    
• November 20, 2009 presentation by Peter Coughlan on Maine Road History, “state aid”, classification/jurisdictions of Maine roads, URIP, route numbering, Federal and state urban areas. (PDF Format) (Power Point Format)
• Possible Subcommittees (Word Format) (PDF Format)
• Agenda for 11/20/09 Policy Group (PDF Format) (Word Format)
• Policy Group Biographies (PDF Format) (Word Format)
• November 12, 2009 initial letter to Policy Group (PDF Format) (Word Format)
• October 15, 2009 Presentation by Deputy Commissioner Bruce Van Note
  (PDF Format) (Power Point Format)
• MMA letter of October 2, 2009 to all interested municipal officials (PDF Format)
• Legislative Findings relative to LD 333 (PDF Format)
  
  

This page last updated on 1/13/10