Project Milestones
August 2008
Cross Street Bridge Opened to Traffic. Bids opened for Exit 3 Southbound Off-Ramp & Northbound Bridges Contract (13993K) July 2008
Exit 3 Southbound Off-Ramp & Northbound Bridges Contract (13933K) Advertised June 2008
Exit 5 Ramps & Bridges Contract Awarded ($14.9M) June 25th April 2008
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Final Reports issued. Implementation plan will be released Fall, 2008. April 2008
Exit 5 Ramps & Bridges contract advertised February 2008
Emergency Routes defined and mapped October 2007
I-93 Traffic Incident Management Plan revised - in draft form September 2007
Second Annual CTAP Corridor Event August 2007
Exit 5 Bus Maintenance/Bus Storage Facility contract awarded ($6.59M) August 2007
Court ruling handed down in Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) lawsuit, resulting in additional delays while the NHDOT produces a Supplemental Environmental Impact Study (SEIS). August 2007
Exit 1 Ramps & Bridges contract awarded ($22.2M) Summer 2007
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Draft Report issued. May 2007
Exit 4 Park-and-Ride Facility completed and opened to the public March 2007
Exit 2 Park-and-Ride Facility contract awarded ($6.42M) December 2006
First Annual CTAP Corridor Event November 2006
Cross Street Bridge contract awarded ($6.65M) October 2006
Exit 5 Park-and-Ride Facility and reconstruction of portion of Rockingham Road (Rte 28) awarded ($7.4M) September 2006
First Salt Reduction Workgroup Meeting July 2006
Monitoring of water bodies for the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Study began May 2006
NHDES issued Wetlands Permit and 401 Water Quality Certificate February 2006
Conservation Law Foundation (CFL) filed suit against the FHWA and NHDOT seeking an injunction against the improvement projects. February 2006
Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer (ACTT) - workshop conducted over three-day period to help NHDOT achieve its primary goal of minimizing construction time and costs for the I-93 corridor improvements. December 2005
CTAP Kick-Off Community Meeting - Introduction to CTAP October 2005
Exit 4 Park-and-Ride contract awarded ($1.4M) August 2005
I-93 Traffic Incident Management Plan published June 2005
Record of Decision (ROD) signed April 2004
Final Environmental Impact Study (FEIS) published November 2003
Report of the Commissioner published Winter 2002-2005
Surface water quality monitoring in I-93 corridor conducted jointly by NHDES & USEPA. The study triggered a requirement for a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Study for chlorides. November 2002
Public Hearings conducted December 2001
The Delphi Study was published; revised January 2002 2001
Pelham Road compensatory wetland site in Salem completed January 2001
Rationale Report published - documents Phase II of the EIS study process November 2000
Rail Alternatives Evaluation Report published May 2000
Scoping Report published Early 1990's
NHDOT, in cooperation with state and federal natural resource agencies, began evaluation of wetland impacts.
