S 6370: Requires the commissioner of transportation to submit a minimum twenty-year forecast period, assessing the long-range needs during such period on the pavement and bridge conditions of the state and local highways and bridges under the jurisdiction of such commissioner.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6370 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of transportation to submit a biennial twenty-year capi- tal needs assessment report to the governor and the legislature The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 37 to read as follows: 3 37. On or before March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, and by 4 March thirty-first of every second year thereafter, the commissioner 5 shall prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature a report 6 that provides a twenty-year overview of the physical condition, opera- 7 tional performance, and investment needs of the state's transportation 8 infrastructure. 9 (a) The report shall include all state-owned, operated, maintained, or 10 federally eligible transportation infrastructure assets including state 11 and municipal pavements, bridges, tunnels, transit systems, airports, 12 ports, and passenger and freight rail infrastructure. 13 (b) The report shall detail, by component, the physical condition and 14 operational performance of existing assets, the backlog of needs, resi- 15 lience needs to mitigate extreme weather events and facilitating the 16 deployment of all electric vehicles, and the estimated cost to bring the 17 detailed assets into a state of good repair. The report shall also esti- 18 mate future operation and maintenance needs for five-year, ten-year, and 19 twenty-year periods with respect to specified levels of service. 20 (c) The report shall further provide forecasted state and federal 21 resources over the twenty-year period, an assessment of the impact of 22 inflation on forecasted funding, a description of the department's asset 23 management practices and decision-making policies, measurable perform- 24 ance goals for pavements, bridges, and modal assets, an evaluation of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08476-01-5 
 S. 6370 2 1 progress toward achieving these goals, and risk management strategies to 2 mitigate potential threats to the transportation system. 3 (d) Within sixty days of the report's submission, the legislature 4 shall hold at least one public hearing involving the commissioner; 5 representatives of the construction industry, including contractors and 6 material producers; labor organizations; chambers of commerce; and other 7 interested stakeholders. The hearing shall assess the report's findings 8 and impacts on the safety and the economic competitiveness of the state. 9 (e) The commissioner shall be responsible for submitting the report in 10 a searchable electronic format for public accessibility as well as prom- 11 inently posting on the department's website. 12 § 2. The provisions of section one of this act shall not relieve the 13 department of transportation of its existing responsibilities under 14 section 14 of the transportation law. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.