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| Formed | 1986 |
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| Jurisdiction | New Hampshire |
| Headquarters | 7 Hazen Drive Concord, New Hampshire |
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| Website | www |
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The Commissioner of NHDOT is Victoria Sheehan. [1] The main office of the NHDOT is located in the J. O. Morton Building in Concord.
NHDOT's general functions, as provided in NH RSA:21-L, are:
NHDOT operates a 5-1-1 traveler information system online and by phone.
NHDOT shares responsibility with the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (DHR) for the New Hampshire historical markers program. [2]
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From 1905 to 1915, the responsibility for highways and bridges was vested with the State Engineer. From 1915 to 1950, the NHDOT was the "Division to the Highway Department", which was established under Chapter 103 of the New Hampshire Laws of 1915. In 1950, the department became the "New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways", established under Part 9 of Chapter 5 of the New Hampshire Laws of 1950.
On February 18, 1986, the Department of Public Works and Highways was reorganized under Chapter 402 of the laws of 1985 (RSA:21-L), as the Department of Transportation. This reorganization of the department added the Transportation Division of the Public Utilities Commission (Bureaus of Rail Safety and Common Carriers) and the Aeronautics Commission.
Additional agency reorganization under Chapter 257 of the New Hampshire Laws of 2004 changed the Division of Aeronautics to the Division of Aeronautics, Rail, and Transit.
Under the 1986 reorganization plan, five divisions were created within the department:
The New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority (NHRTA) was a short lived administrative agency attached to the NHDOT which was created in 2007 to oversee the development of commuter rail and other passenger rail service in New Hampshire. [3] [4] The initial focus of the NHRTA was to provide oversight for the proposed Capitol Corridor intercity rail project (not to be confused with Amtrak's Capitol Corridor service in California), which would have connected Concord, New Hampshire, with Boston, Massachusetts, via Manchester and Nashua and the existing MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line, and also include a stop at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
The agency would prove to be extraneous; by 2010, constant political opposition and funding issues would hamper all NHRTA rail projects. [5] By 2019 the group had ceased to meet, and their website URL had lapsed. By 2022, development on the Capitol Corridor project has largely stalled. [6] Since then, the NHDOT Division of Aeronautics, Rail and Transit has overseen all rail projects within the state.
NHDOT shares planning authority with the following Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Planning Commissions, [7] which allocate federal funding:
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