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Capitol Corridor development and engineering contract
Preliminary engineering, environmental review, public involvement and a financial plan for extending MBTA commuter rail from Lowell to Nashua and Manchester
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- Buyer
- New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Bureau of Rail and Transit
- Where
- New Hampshire · Nashua
- Segments
- Track, Civil works
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Digital operations
- Status
- In execution — The Executive Council voted against a time extension in December 2022.
- Value band
- $5–25m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Fta grant start August 2020 · Contract authorised December 2020 · Fta grant end April 2023
Status in full
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The Executive Council voted against a time extension in December 2022. The original term ran to 31 January 2023 and the FTA grant closed on 28 April 2023; NHDOT's project page still shows the project in development.
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- Key dates (3)
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8 sources · 6 primary
- ○ NH Business Review, Executive Council OKs start of Capitol Corridor design · Trade press report of the Governor and Executive Council authorising a federally funded contract with AECOM Technical Services for Capitol Corridor development and engineering; Secondary because the Governor and Council agenda (sos.nh.gov) returned 503 and NHDOT pages returned 403 (published 2020-12-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending.gov award NH-2020-012, FTA to NHDOT, NH Capital Corridor Project Development Grant · FTA grant record: purpose is preliminary engineering, environmental services, financial plan, public involvement and final design to meet FTA Capital Investment Grant project development requirements for extending MBTA commuter rail from Lowell, Massachusetts to Nashua and Manchester; period and net obligation (published 2020-08-20 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NHDOT Citizen's Guide and FY2024-25 agency efficiency budget book, Governor's operating budget hearings · Bureau of Rail and Transit: track inspection, state-owned line mileage and operating agreements, Special Railroad Fund, Class III railroad revolving loan fund, Capitol Corridor project development via a consultant (FY2022 results) (published undated (FY2022 results, FY2024-25 budget; 2023 hearings) · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending.gov award FR-HSR-0101-12, FRA to NHDOT, New Hampshire Capital Corridor Planning · FRA planning grant 2011 to 2015 for the Capital Corridor study; federal obligation and non-federal share (published 2011-10-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Governor and Executive Council agenda, 18 December 2020, NHDOT request item 20 (archive copy) · NHDOT request to authorise the Capitol Corridor consultant agreement; not-to-exceed amount, term to 31 January 2023, selection by qualifications from a four-firm shortlist (published 2020-11-17 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Governor and Executive Council agenda, 21 December 2022, NHDOT time-extension request (archive copy) · NHDOT request to extend the Capitol Corridor consultant agreement to 30 September 2023 with no added funding; work about 72 percent complete (published 2022-11-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Granite Memo (New Hampshire Bulletin / Center Square), Executive Council nixes regional commuter rail plan · Trade press report that the Executive Council voted 3-2 on 21 December 2022 not to approve the time-extension amendment; Secondary (published 2022-12-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NHDOT Capitol Corridor project page (archive copy) · NHDOT's own page: 30-mile MBTA extension from Lowell to Manchester, project in the development phase, consultant team led by AECOM Technical Services; archive copy because the live page returns 403 (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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