Important Transportation Documents
Annual List of Obligated Projects
The Annual List of Obligated projects report has been a requirement of the federal transportation planning process since TEA-21 was adopted in 1998. This document responds to the that directive as modified by more recent legislation, and lists all transportation projects in the Rockingham Planning Commission region to which federal funds were obligated during federal fiscal year.
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, 2017). 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 2025
For summary purposes, projects are grouped into two categories:
- Regional Transportation 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. FY25 Obligations for regional projects were higher compared to FY24 as more projects were funded during FY25 and this was the second highest total since 2016. Transit obligations also increased slightly in FY25. 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.
2025 Annual List of Obligated Projects
Previous Years
2024 Annual List of Obligated Projects
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
