News
2021-03-19 - March 2021 Newsletter
In our March newsletter you will find info on Legislative Bills that the RPC is tracking, transportation updates, aquatic resource mitigation funds, and more!
2021-03-02 - NH OSI Announces Virtual Planning and Zoning Conference
Mark your calendars! Registration for the virtual conference opens on March 29 for the conference on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
2021-02-15 - February 2021 Newsletter
For news on upcoming transportation plan updates, PREP Grant, NH Coastal Climate Summit, and more, read our February 2021 Newsletter!
2021-02-08 - 30 Day Comment Period for the 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program
Public Hearing on March 10, 2021
The Rockingham Planning Commission has begun a 30 day public comment period to gather feedback on the draft 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). This 30-day public comment period for the TIP and Plan documents begins Monday, February 8, 2021 and concludes on Tuesday March 9, 2021. A public hearing to solicit public comment is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2021, and will be held virtually via the Zoom video conferencing system beginning at 7:00 PM. The link will be available on the RPC website prior to the meeting and the Planning Commission will meet after the public hearing to adopt the documents.
Draft 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program
[Public Notices][Transportation]
2021-01-14 - January 2021 RPC Newsletter
In this issue, catch up on upcoming programs at the RPC is 2021, Welcome to our new staff member, Funding for Non-Motorized Transportation Projects, and more!
View the newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/81ee3ec0811e/rpcnewsjan2021-2254217
2021-01-06 - Funding Available for Non-Motorized Transportation Projects
Think trails, bike improvements, pedestrian safety projects or Safe Routes to School
If your community has been looking for funding for a trail, Safe Routes to School project or other pedestrian or bicycle facility improvement this is a good opportunity. NHDOT has posted full details on the 4th round of Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding on their website. TAP is one of the main sources of federal grant funding to municipalities for pedestrian and bicycle safety projects, and will fund up to 80% of eligible project costs with a required minimum 20% non-federal local match.
The first step for communities is to submit a Letter of Interest, which must be submitted electronically by Friday, February 5, 2021. A sample Letter of Interest is available on the NHDOT website and RPC can assist with project scoping. Please let RPC staff know if your community is thinking of applying. (sbogle@therpc.org)
2021-01-05 - Request for Proposals - Traffic Counting Services
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Traffic Counting Services
ROCKINGHAM PLANNING COMMISSION
January 4, 2021
Submission Deadline: 4:00 PM, February 12, 2021
1.0 Introduction The Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC), is a public non-profit regional planning commission established under RSA 36 which conducts regional land use, transportation and community planning, and functions as the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for southeastern New Hampshire. (See Study Map – Appendix A) This RFP is issued for the purpose of securing the services of a qualified Consultant to provide traffic counting services in support of the agency’s transportation planning program. The selected vendor must agree to a fixed fee contract to provide a set number of counts over a specified period as defined herein. 2.0 Background The RPC conducts an annual traffic counting program in coordination with the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT) as part of the agency’s biennial transportation planning program. The RPC counting program is integrated with the NHDOT’s such that the results generated from our counts are reviewed and integrated into the NHDOT ADT database and used, in part, to fulfill Federal Highway Administration highway performance monitoring (HPMS) requirements. The annual list of count locations includes single and bidirectional ADT counts as well as vehicle class counts. Traffic count location, type and frequency are defined cooperatively by the NHDOT and RPC to satisfy respective agency needs. 3.0 Objectives The RPC’s traffic counting program objectives are
• To successfully complete the traffic counts (a combination of single, bidirectional ADT and vehicle class counts) committed to by the RPC according to the specifications established in the Scope of Services;
• To complete and verify counts in a timely manner, concluding all counts by mid-November of any year;
• To maintain close coordination and communication with the RPC and NHDOT regarding the scheduling of counts and locations and any difficulties encountered;
• To avoid deploying counts in locations where temporary or unusual circumstances will preclude average or typical count conditions (e.g. pavement work or construction; local events causing unusual traffic conditions);
• Conduct all counts in a manner that ensures the safely of motorists, pedestrians, and consultant staff;
• To provide cost effective count services to the RPC
Required MS2 PRN File Format Descriptions
2020-12-29 - FY20 Annual List of Obligated Projects
Federal Transportation Expenditures in the Region
The List of Obligated Projects is an annual statement by the Metropolitan Planning
Organization detailing the expenditure of federal transportation funds in the
region. When the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) obligate funds, the agencies are committing federal
resources to a specific transportation project, grant, or transit system. While
obligations do not line up exactly with active construction of roadway
projects, they do provide insight into what projects are being prepared for
construction (engineering and design), are in construction, or have been
recently completed. The 2020 Annual Listing of Obligated Projects has been published and details how the $89.8 million of federal funding obligated in the region was distributed to projects, programs, and transit agencies.
[Press Releases][Transportation]
2020-12-22 - 2020 at theRPC In Review
Hi everyone,
I think we can sum up 2020 with “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”. With the arrival of COVID-19 last March the resilience of our region was challenged. We were forced to rapidly pivot to a new normal: remote learning and working, no gyms, no theaters, closed restaurants and record unemployment.
We shuttered our doors and rapidly adapted remote working technology for our staff, commissioners, and member communities. We advanced our work program and provided our members with resources to support their planning needs in these uncertain times. Through our partnership with the Town of Exeter, the RPC worked to provide our communities with information to access relief funds. We worked with local and state officials to reopen beaches and support outdoor dining. Perhaps most importantly, as region we learned, adapted and became more resilient.
Wishing everyone happy holidays and a happy new year, and don’t forget to un-mute.
Tim Roache, Executive Director
2020-11-23 - Transportation: Update on the State Ten Year Plan Selection Process
The Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the federally-designated transportation planning agency for 27 communities in southeastern New Hampshire. Serving as a regional partnership among the United States Department of Transportation, New Hampshire Department of Transportation and other state agencies, regional transit agencies, community leadership, local planning and public works officials, the business community, and citizens across the planning area, the MPO leads in the development of the region's Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and short-range Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and contributes to ongoing conversations about issues such as land use, economic development, climate change and the environment, safety and security, and public health. The MPO also has a legislatively mandated role in establishing priority projects for the State Ten Year Plan, which weaves between the TIP and LRTP processes. These three documents form the backbone of the transportation planning process in New Hampshire and provide a path for projects to move from concept (LRTP), through project development (State Ten Year Plan), and to implementation (TIP).
The MPO recently selected five candidate projects from the LRTP to be considered for the State Ten Year Plan. At this stage of the process, the projects selected by the MPO have been forwarded to NHDOT for engineering and cost analysis over the next few months. The projects submitted to NHDOT for review were the final section of the East Coast Greenway project across the Hampton Marsh and the rehabilitation or replacement of the Bartlett Bridge in Portsmouth. In addition, safety and capacity improvements are proposed at three intersections; the NH 125/NH 155 intersection in Epping, the NH 27/NH156 intersection in Raymond, and the US 1/NH 111 intersection in North Hampton. The total (inflated) estimated for these five projects is approximately $8.5 million, and it is expected that the NHDOT review will result in cost increases for several of the proposals. The MPO must submit final priorities for this cycle of the State Ten Year Plan by the end of March 2021 and will utilize the feedback from NHDOT to select a set of projects that can best advance transportation planning goals and is constrained to the regional budget target of $6.7 million.
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