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bills
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Establishes the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund reform act; ensures that money deposited into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund is spent on construction purposes and not DOT and DMV operational activities.
Relates to a state transportation plan; requires such plan include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, assessing long-range needs spanning such period, including a forecast of highway pavement and bridge conditions.
Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the installation of broadband conduits suitable for fiber optic cables or wireless facilities that support broadband services; provides for access to such conduits on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
This bill appropriates $4 million from the state general fund to the Department of Transportation for capital improvements to the historic Forrest Hills Overpass. The funding covers necessary renovations or repairs to the structure, directly affecting the overpass itself and the community relying on it for transportation. The funds are to be paid via state warrants after approval by the comptroller and transportation commissioner, as required by existing law. As a funding measure, it does not create new policies but allocates resources for specific infrastructure work.
Relates to reporting on the metropolitan transportation authority's state of good repair; requires the reporting to be published on the authority's website, outlining the repairs and investments needed to restore the authority's existing transit systems to a state of good repair.
