R940-6-3. Application of Strategic Initiatives to Projects

  The department will use the strategic goals to guide the process:

  (1) The department will first seek to preserve current infrastructure and to optimize the mobility provided by the existing highway infrastructure before applying funds to increase mobility by adding new lanes.

  (2) The department will address means to improve the mobility provided by the existing system through technology like intelligent transportation systems, access management, transportation demand management, and others.

  (3) The department will assess safety through projects addressed in paragraph (1) and (2) above. The department will also target specific highway locations for safety improvements.

  (4) Adding new capacity projects will be recommended after considering items in paragraph (1), (2) and (3).

  (5) All recommendations will be forwarded to the Transportation Commission for its review/action.