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Community Technical Assistance Program (CTAP)

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NH DOT) created the Community Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) to assist communities along I-93 plan for growth associated with the widening project between Salem and Manchester. CTAP is a five-year, $3.5 million program providing planning support to 26 communities in central and southern New Hampshire.

CNHRPC's CTAP Role

There are five CTAP communities in the Central NH Region: Allenstown, Bow, Concord, Dunbarton, and Pembroke (view map). CNHRPC has participated in the following CTAP efforts:

CTAP Phase 1:

Community Planning Assessments in all five communities
Land Use Mapping and Analysis in all five communities
Community Build-out Analyses for the towns of Allenstown, Bow, Dunbarton, and Pembroke
Local Government Cluster Workshops addressing connections between land use and transportation, innovative land use controls, and other pertinent topics across the CTAP region
Open Space Planning (beginning Fall 2009) in Pembroke, Dunbarton, and Concord
Agricultural Commissions - Establishing and sustaining local Agricultural Commissions
Local Discretionary Projects to revise or update local land use regulations

CTAP Phase 2:

CPA Report
Enhanced GIS
GIS Buildouts
Local Priority Grants
- Allenstown Zoning Update
- Bow Access Management
- Bow DTC Study
- Dunbarton Zoning Update
- Industry Cluster Analysis
- Pembroke Excavation Regulations
Rockingham Agricultural Commission
SNHPC Open Space Plans
Targeted Local Government Accounts (former "discrectionary" accounts)