132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 29		LR 134(02)
	Resolve, to Require the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Transportation
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - Highway Fund Potential current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Fund Potential current biennium revenue increase - Highway Fund Potential current biennium revenue increase - Federal Expenditures Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill requires the Department of Transportation, subject to available funding , permitting and municipal agreements, to remove 12.26 miles of inactive track material from the Route 214 intersection in Ayers Junction in Pembroke to Route 1 in Calais and replace the track with a multi-use trail. It also requires the Department, subject to funding, permitting and municipal agreements, to remove inactive railroad track along the section known as the Lower Road between the Town of Brunswick and the City of Hallowell and replace the track with an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail.  Currently no funding exists for these purposes.