Annual List of Obligated Projects

The Annual List of Obligated projects report is a requirement of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST Act) legislation enacted by Congress on December 4, 2015. This document responds to the FAST directive, and lists all transportation projects in the Rockingham Planning Commission region to which federal funds were obligated during federal fiscal year.

Publication of Annual Listings of Projects:

“An annual listing of projects, including investments in pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, for which Federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available by the cooperative effort of the State, transit operator and metropolitan planning organization for public review. The listing shall be consistent with the categories identified in the TIP.”

- 23 U.S.C. 134(j)(7)(B), 49 U.S.C. 5303(j)(7)(B), or 23 CFR §450.334

FHWA defines “obligated” as “the federal government’s legal commitment (promise) to pay or reimburse the states or other entities for the federal share of a project’s eligible costs” (Financing Federal Aid Highways Glossary, March, 2007). It is the commitment to reimburse an entity (usually the New Hampshire Department of Transportation or a transit agency) the incurred costs for an approved project during the fiscal year. This reimbursement can be for projects that have been initiated in previous years, or will not be completed until future years, and the final cost of a project may be different from the amount obligated as well.

The MPO publishes the Annual List of Obligated Projects for the region in December each year.

Fiscal Year 2024

For summary purposes, projects are grouped into one of three categories:

• Regional Projects: Discrete construction projects in the MPO region that address bridge, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian improvements funded by the Federal Highway Administration. This includes projects that are both programmed individually in the TIP as well as those projects in the region that are part of the larger grouped Statewide Programs.
• Transit Agency Grants: Federal Transit Administration funding provided directly to the three transit agencies in the region to support their operations and capital needs.

The chart (labelled as Figure 2 below) displays the relative share of obligated funds to each of those two groups of projects/programs as well as the distribution of obligations between roadways and transit over time. Additionally, the chart shows the five-year rolling average of obligated funds. FY24 Obligations for regional projects were lower compared to FY23 as several larger construction projects in the region obligated the majority of funding inf FY23. Transit obligations increased in FY24. This was due to slightly higher allocations of funding to transit agencies as well as the inclusion of additional grants and congressionally designated spending for a new COAST maintenance facility.

The FY24 List of Obligated Projects provides the complete listing of projects funded during the year including total funding amounts and remaining funds available for each project.

2024 Annual List of Obligated Projects

Previous Years

2023 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2022 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2021 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2020 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2019 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2018 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2017 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2016 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2015 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2014 Annual List of Obligated Projects

2013 Annual List of Obligated Projects

Iterations of the Annual List of Obligated Projects between 2007 and 2012 are available on request