Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Transportation Commission
Title R940 - Administration
Rule R940-6 - Prioritization of New Transportation Capacity Projects
Section R940-6-5 - Requirements and Process for Project Nomination by Local Government or District
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 940-6-5
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Local governments or districts may nominate projects for prioritization.
(2) The nomination requirements are as follows:
(a) TIF Highway Projects.
(i) A local government or district may
nominate a project to the commission at this internet address:
https://projectprioritization.udot.utah.gov/nominations.
Nominations must identify the project sponsor's name, address, phone number,
and email address and include a detailed description of the nominated project
including why the project is important to the local government or district. The
local government or district must also demonstrate that the nominated project:
(A) is on a state highway; or
(B) will likely result in a road that meets
the criteria of a state highway as described in Section 72-4-102.5 and that the
local government wants designated as a state highway.
(b) TIF Active Transportation
Projects.
(i) A local government or district
may nominate a project to the commission at this internet address:
https://projectprioritization.udot.utah.gov/nominations. Nominations must identify the project sponsor's name, address, phone number, and email address and include a detailed description of the nominated project. The local government or district must also demonstrate that the nominated project meets the following requirements:
(A) the project is part of a department
approved active transportation plan;
(B) the project will mitigate traffic
congestion on the state highway system;
(C) there is an ongoing funding plan for
maintenance and operations;
(D) the
match requirement will be met;
(E)
there is a reasonable cost estimate for the project and sufficient information
to explain the reasoning behind the estimate; and
(F) there is a plan to address any costs that
exceed the local government's or district's cost estimate.
(c) TTIF Transit Projects.
(i) A local government or district may
nominate a project to the Transportation Commission at this internet address:
https://projectprioritization.udot.utah.gov/nominations.
Nominations must identify the project sponsor's name, address, phone number,
and email address and include a detailed description of the nominated project.
The local government or district must also demonstrate that the nominated
project meets the following requirements:
(A)
There is an ongoing funding plan for maintenance and operations. If the project
sponsor is a local government, this will require documentation from the transit
operator that the project will be accommodated within the transit operator's
maintenance and operations plans.
(B) The local government or district will
meet the match requirement.
(C) If
the nominated project would provide new fixed guideway public transit service
within an MPO boundary, the project is identified in phase 1 of an LRP or,
during the development of an LRP, the project was determined to be a phase 1
need.
(D) The majority of project
costs are for components that directly add capacity to a public transit system
such as additional or more frequent bus, fixed guideway public transit,
shuttle, street car, or vanpool service.
(d) TTIF First and Last Mile Projects.
(i) A local government or district may
nominate a project to the commission at this internet address:
https://projectprioritization.udot.utah.gov/nominations. Nominations must identify the project sponsor's name, address, phone number, and email address and include a detailed description of the nominated project. The local government or district must also demonstrate that the nominated project meets the following requirements:
(A) there is an ongoing funding plan for
maintenance and operations;
(B) the
match requirement will be met; and
(C) the project will connect and improve
access to transit.
(3)
(a)
With the exception of a nominated TIF highway project, the commission will
include each nominated project that meets the requirements of Subsection (2) in
the applicable input list.
(b) The
commission will determine if a nominated TIF highway project will be included
in the input list. The factors used in this determination may include the
following:
(i) if, during the development of
an LRP, a project was determined to be a phase I need; and
(ii) if there are any proposed additional
funding sources.
(4) The commission may request additional information for a nominated project from the project sponsor.
(5)
(a) A
match requirement for a nominated project may include an in-kind
match.
(b) To determine whether the
match for a nominated project meets the required match percentage, the
department will divide the match amount, including the value of any in-kind
match, by the total funding amount.
(c) If the amount calculated under Subsection
(3)(b) is equal to or greater than the required match percentage, the
department will determine the match requirement to be met.
(d) For example, for a project with a
required match percentage of 30%, a fund request amount of $700,000, and a
match of $300,000, the amount calculated under Subsection (c) would be .30
($300,000 divided by $1,000,000). Because .30 equals 30%, the local government
or district would meet the match requirement.
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