File #: Int 1105-2024    Version: * Name: Tracking progress made towards the requirements of the streets master plan.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 11/13/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to tracking progress made towards the requirements of the streets master plan
Sponsors: Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Julie Won, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Transportation, upon submission of its annual streets plan update, to post on its website a description of all projects planned for that year that will contribute to the requirements of the streets master plan, and the contribution each project will make to those requirements. The Department would also be required to provide monthly updates on the progress of each project including their current status, the actual and estimated start and completion dates, community board presentations if applicable, project funding, and whether any delays or cost overruns have occurred.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1105, 2. Int. No. 1105, 3. November 13, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1105

 

By Council Members Brooks-Powers, Won and Hanif

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to tracking progress made towards the requirements of the streets master plan

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:                     Section 1. Subdivision a of section 19-199.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 160 for the year 2023, is amended by adding new definitions of “ …” in alphabetical order to read as follows:

                     Benchmark project. The term “benchmark project” means any project which, if completed, would contribute towards the satisfaction of the benchmark requirements.

                     Benchmark requirements. The term “benchmark requirements” means the requirements set forth in subdivision c of this section.

§ 2. Section 19-199.1 of the administrative code of the City of New York, as amended by local law number 160 for the year 2023, is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:

f. Benchmark project tracker. 1. Each year, upon submission of the update required by paragraph 2 of subdivision d of this section, the department shall post on its website:

(i) a description of each benchmark project planned for completion during the same calendar year in which such update is submitted; and

(ii) the total progress each project will contribute towards the benchmark requirements for that calendar year, including but not limited to the number of protected bus lane miles, protected bicycle lane miles, accessible pedestrian signals, and bus stop upgrades.

2. Each month, for each benchmark project under the jurisdiction of the department, the department shall post on its website:

(i) a description of the benchmark project, including its location, the type of benchmark requirement it will contribute to if completed, and the amount or size of the contribution the project will make towards such benchmark requirement, and if the project is a major transportation project as that term is defined in section 19-101.2, a link to the checklist for such major transportation project required by subdivision c of section 19-182.2;

(ii) the current status of such benchmark project, including but not limited to whether it is still being planned, whether it has been funded, whether construction has begun, and whether the project has been completed, and information concerning the anticipated future progress of such project;

(iii) the actual and estimated starting dates and completion dates, if any, of the project;

 (iv) if commencement of the project requires presentation to a community board, the status of such presentation including but not limited to whether it has been scheduled, whether it has been presented, and a copy of materials presented to the community board after such presentation is made;

(v) the amount of funds allocated to such project, and the amount of funds already expended;

(vi) a description of any delays that have caused the estimated or actual starting or completion dates of the project to change, and the reason for such delays; and

(vii) a description of any projected or actual cost overruns.

§ 22. This local law takes effect 270 days after it becomes law.

Session 13

LS# 13516

MC

8/23/2024 10:56am