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Kennebunk staff seek extension of bicycle impact-fee ordinance as final projects await DOT funding
Summary
Town Engineer Chris Osterrieder asked the Planning Board to extend an existing bicycle-facility impact-fee ordinance that expires July 1, 2026, noting most projects are complete but two remaining road segments each cost roughly $500,000; a public hearing on the amendment was scheduled for March 23, 2026.
Town Engineer Chris Osterrieder told the Planning Board on March 9 that the town’s bicycle-facility impact-fee ordinance (Article 14, §10.E), adopted in 2006, is set to expire July 1, 2026, and staff are seeking an extension to finish remaining projects.
Osterrieder said the ordinance originally spread the cost of sidewalks and bike lanes between the town and developers. Adjusted for inflation, the 2006 base fee of $450 would be about $825 today, and the ordinance identified approximately $1.3 million in improvements. Most work was completed with state assistance; two road segments remain — High Street (from Cat Mousam Road past Birch Lane) and Cat Mousam Road (from the turnpike bridge to just beyond Mill Street) — each of which Osterrieder estimated would cost roughly $500,000 to build to Department of Transportation standards.
Osterrieder said staff are not proposing any change to how the fee is calculated or the ordinance’s scope, only an extension of the timeline (he suggested five years) to allow the town to pursue state funding through the Maine Department of Transportation and avoid collecting the full fee from developers if grant funding materializes. He told the board that, historically, state funding has reduced the town’s need to collect the full amount.
The Planning Board set a public hearing on the proposed amendment for its next meeting on March 23, 2026. The board took no formal vote on March 9; action will follow the scheduled public hearing.
