Two (2) Statewide On-Call Agreements, anticipated at $750,000 each over a three-year term, are needed to provide engineering/technical services and support for Intelligent Transportation System initiatives being undertaken by the Department for various transportation projects located throughout the State. The work associated with this type of agreement could include preparing incident management plans, recommending and designing various ITS technologies for deployment via fiber optics or other current technologies along various highway corridors, ITS device design, specifications, details, shop drawings, and plan development, ITS communications systems recommendations and design, Transportation Management Center technical support, as well as roadway design and structural design. The services may also include making recommendations for hardware, software, systems maintenance, and providing technical inspections. Task Orders assigned under these Agreements will be negotiated as either a modified cost-plus-fixed-fee or lump-sum method of compensation. For information contact Denise Markow, TMC/ITS Project Manager, at 271-6862.

(Action taken by the Committee: approval pending)

1. Merrimack – Craftsman Lane: implement traffic calming by terminating the east end of Craftsman Lane in a cul-de-sac near Hall Avenue, and creating a new connection to Boston Post Road immediately south of the church parking lot, thus allowing the removal of the road that currently bisects the parking lot, [Corridor Master Plan action item #14]
2. Milford – NH 101 interchange: reconstruct intersection of NH 101A and NH 101 eastbound ramps to provide an additional right turn lane exiting the off ramp and to signalize the intersection. [Corridor Master Plan action item #20]
3. Merrimack – Boston Post Road vicinity: reconstruct NH 101A from Boston Post Road to Continental Boulevard to add a third eastbound through lane to mirror the three westbound through lanes in this segment of NH 101A; add an exclusive westbound right turn lane on NH 101A at Continental Boulevard and a second southbound right turn lane on Continental Boulevard at NH 101A. [Corridor Master Plan action item #22]

The purpose of this Part A assignment is to refine the concepts as presented in the Corridor Study in order to evaluate their validity, impacts, and costs, and to advance the designs to a public hearing, as well as preparation and completion of all of the appropriate environmental documentation.

The compensation format for this assignment will be on a "cost plus fixed fee" basis. For more information contact L. Robert Landry, Project Manager, NHDOT Highway Design at (603) 271-3725.

Three (3) On-Call Agreements, anticipated at $500,000 each over a three-year term, are needed to provide hazardous materials services that may include site assessments, technical development and usage, appraisals and investigations at properties scheduled for full or partial acquisition and the oversight and monitoring of construction activities in suspected contaminated areas at various locations throughout the State. For more information contact Dale O'Connell, Bureau of Environment at (603) 271-6370

(Action taken by the Committee: approval pending)

Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, LLC
Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc.
McFarland-Johnson, Inc.
PB Americas, Inc.

Detailed bridge inspections are needed for the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge and the Memorial Bridge crossing the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME. Based on the findings of these inspections, both vertical lift deck-truss movable bridges will be analyzed and rated to determine their current load capacities and anticipated long-term rehabilitation costs. The format for this Agreement will be cost-plus-fixed-fee for compensation.

In conjunction with this effort, Maine DOT (lead contracting agency) and NHDOT are conducting a Transportation Needs Study (TNS) that will identify current and future transportation needs between Portsmouth, NH, and Kittery, ME. The TNS shall include traffic studies and transportation planning regarding vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle, railroad, and river vessels that utilize the transportation corridors (highways, local intersections, and waterways) in this immediate area. The TNS will evaluate these transportation needs in terms of current (short-term) and future (long-term) costs for serviceability, continued use, operation, and maintenance, as well as comparative life cycle costs of each of the bridges and the economic impacts to the communities of any alternative studied. The TNS is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2009 and be completed by June 2010.

This contract (BICA), administered by NHDOT in conjunction with Maine DOT, will provide the TNS with the current (short-term) and future (long-term) costs for serviceability, continued use, operation, and maintenance, as well as comparative life cycle costs of each of the three bridges crossing the Piscataqua River (I-95 High Level Bridge (Br. No. 258/128), the US Route 1 By-Pass (Sarah Mildred Long) Bridge (Br. No. 251/108), and the US Route 1 (Memorial) Bridge (Br. No. 247/084)). The BICA study will include complete in-depth inspection of the structural, mechanical, and electrical systems of both the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge and the Memorial Bridge. Complete load capacity ratings of both bridges, including gusset plates, are also required and inspection and load rating results will be reported in format suitable for entering in NHDOT’s Pontis software. Existing inspection reports of all three bridges are available from the NHDOT Bridge Design Bureau.

This contract (BICA) will prepare cost analysis for rehabilitation options for both the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge and the Memorial Bridge along with an option for a complete superstructure replacement with a new modern truss vertical lift structure for the Memorial Bridge. This contract will also determine the cost for a high-level bridge to replace the current Sarah Mildred Long Bridge.

The BICA contract will need to be completed by March 2010 in order to allow the data to be used by the Consultant completing the TNS for comparing alternatives for the two vertical lift bridges regarding their continued use, closure, elimination, and/or replacement with a high level fixed structure. For information contact Project Manager, Robert Landry at (603) 271-3725.

Clough Harbour & Associates LLP
Fay Spofford & Thorndike LLC/Collaborative Designs, Inc.
Jacobs Edwards and Kelcey
Maguire Group, Inc.
McFarland-Johnson, Inc.
Parsons Transportation Group

McFarland-Johnson, Inc./HNTB Corporation/Carol R. Johnson Associates
Parsons Transportation Group/Jacobs Edwards and Kelcey/GM2 Associates Inc./The Smart Associates Inc./
Public Archaeology Laboratory , Inc.
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc./Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP/Ammann & Whitney

• Manchester 144/066 – I-293, FEE Turnpike over North Branch Piscataquog River
• Manchester 146/064 – I-293, FEE Turnpike over South Branch Piscataquog River
• Manchester 146/065 – I-293, FEE Turnpike Spur (NB On Ramp) over South Branch Piscataquog River
• Manchester 149/063 – I-293, FEE Turnpike over Spur "D" (NB On Ramp)
• Manchester 153/061 – I-293 NB Off Ramp over I-293, FEE Turnpike

The purpose of this assignment is to address these structurally deficient bridges. The bridges require preliminary and final design efforts (likely handled as a Part "A", Part "B" type of assignment) for bridge replacement or rehabilitation, as determined by the initial investigation results and based on future transportation needs in the area. Preparation of contract bridge plans (including roadway approaches), estimates, and documents will be needed for project advertising. Bridge design and highway design efforts are required to complete these tasks.
As part of this assignment it may be necessary to estimate the traffic volumes of I-293 in this area to determine the required/recommended bridge dimensions and TSL for each affected bridge. Some public involvement, planning, traffic, and environmental studies and activities, all as part of the preliminary or final design and engineering efforts, may also be needed. Feasibility studies and cost/benefit evaluations may be needed to determine if ramp consolidation and related traffic issues should be considered. Also, traffic control during construction will be an especially important issue to address as part of the design activities. The compensation format for this assignment will be on a "cost plus fixed fee" basis. For more information contact Mark W. Richardson, NHDOT Bridge Design at (603) 271-2731 or William J. Oldenburg, NHDOT Preliminary Design at (603) 271-2604.

Evaluate traffic signals to optimize phasing and timing plans for NHDOT maintained signalized intersections for towns in the Air Quality Non Attainment areas. The NHDOT has over 215 signalized intersections within the non-attainment towns. The scope of this project is limited to evaluation 100 of these intersections.

The scope of work will include field review, determination of optimized phasing and timing using Synchro-Simtraffic software and assist NHDOT signal maintenance crew in implementing the changes. The selected consultant will also work with Regional Planning Commssion to determine the locations. For more information contact Subramanian Sharma, Bureau of Traffic at (603) 271-2291.