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DOT says taking over OptiComm maintenance would expand workload; bill seeks centralized responsibility
Summary
House Bill 181 would transfer responsibility for traffic signal preemption systems (OptiComm and similar) from municipalities to the Department of Transportation; DOT told the committee the change would require more crews and new funding.
Representative Mark Pru introduced House Bill 181, which would shift responsibility for traffic‑signal preemption systems (OptiComm and similar technologies) from municipalities to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT).
"The department does not take a position on this bill, but I'm here to provide some basic information," Lee Baronas, State Traffic Engineer and Bureau of Traffic administrator at DOT, told the committee. Baronas summarized how optical preemption systems work, why municipalities have maintained them historically and what shifting maintenance to DOT would mean.
Baronas said traffic signal preemption systems include vehicle‑mounted…
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