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Committee opts to extend appeal timelines for canceled local projects rather than a statutory rewrite
Summary
Faced with requests from regional planning commissions and municipalities, the committee favored extending timelines for appeals to the Transportation Board and aligning statute with grant agreement terms rather than ordering a full study or rewrite now.
The transportation committee discussed a contested draft provision that would permit the state to recover funds when a municipality cancels a locally funded project. Several regional planning commissions and municipal officials asked for a fuller review; agency staff recommended against a full rewrite now and proposed giving towns more time to prepare an appeal to the Transportation Board instead.
The agency representative told the committee that the current…
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