2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 13b-57j. Analysis of effects of initial strategy. Analysis to accompany recommended updates or revisions to TSB projects or to strategy.

      Sec. 13b-57j. Analysis of effects of initial strategy. Analysis to accompany recommended updates or revisions to TSB projects or to strategy. (a) The board shall prepare an analysis, based on appropriate metrics, methodologies and standards, developed by the board or by any agency or other unit of government of the state, of the short-term and long-term effects of the initial strategy on: (1) The present and future transportation needs of the state for the movement of both people and goods; (2) economic development in the state; and (3) the environment, including air quality, wetlands, open space and energy consumption. Said analysis shall include the projected return on investment for each TSB project. The board shall submit such analysis, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and finance, revenue and bonding along with the report due on December 15, 2004, pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (k) of section 13b-57g.

      (b) The board shall monitor the planning and implementation of the TSB projects specified in section 13b-57h, and shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (k) of section 13b-57g. Any recommended update or revision to any TSB project or to the strategy, including any project recommended as an addition to the strategy, included in the report due on December 15, 2004, and each report due every two years thereafter, pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (k) of section 13b-57g, shall be accompanied by an analysis made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.

      (June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 5.)

      History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 effective August 20, 2003.