2005 Vermont Code - § 10b. — Statement of policy; general

§ 10b. Statement of policy; general

(a) The agency shall be the responsible agency of the state for the development of transportation policy. It shall develop a mission statement to reflect state transportation policy encompassing all modes of transportation, the need for transportation projects that will improve the state's economic infrastructure, as well as the use of resources in efficient, coordinated, cost effective, and environmentally sound ways.

(b) Transportation projects shall be designed to provide safe and efficient transportation and to promote economic opportunities for Vermonters and the best use of the state's natural resources, consistent with the planning goals listed in 24 V.S.A. § 4302 as amended by Act No. 200 of the Acts of the 1987 Adj. Sess. (1988) and with appropriate consideration to local, regional and state agency plans.

(c) The agency of transportation, in developing each of the program prioritization systems schedules for all modes of transportation, shall include the following throughout the process:

(1) The agency shall annually solicit input from each of the regional planning commissions and the Chittenden County metropolitan planning organization on regional priorities within each schedule, and those inputs shall be factored into the prioritizations for each program area and shall afford the opportunity of adding new projects to the schedules.

(2) Each year the agency shall provide in the front of the transportation program book a detailed explanation describing the factors in the prioritization system that creates each project list. (Added 1989, No. 121, § 1, eff. June 22, 1989; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1993, No. 89, § 20; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 48.)