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RPCs, lawmakers call for study of barriers to bike-ped projects and clarity on payback language in T bill
Summary
Regional planning commission speakers and several legislators urged a legislative study into regulatory and administrative barriers—including NEPA-related costs—that inflate the price of bicycle and pedestrian projects, and asked for clearer language in the T bill about when towns must repay transportation funds for canceled projects.
Regional planning commission representatives told legislators they want a short, focused legislative study on the regulatory and administrative barriers that make bicycle and pedestrian projects costly and delay construction, and they asked lawmakers to clarify a proposed T bill payback provision they say could discourage towns from pursuing federal grants.
RPC presenters and several legislators cited examples they said illustrate the problem: one presenter described a town completing 550 linear feet of sidewalk for about $39,000 using state funds, while a federally funded estimate for the same length was quoted at roughly $550,000. "Something is not right here," an…
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