Washington Administrative Code
Title 479 - Transportation Improvement Board
Chapter 479-14 - Transportation improvement account projects
Section 479-14-131 - Award criteria for the urban program
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
The board establishes the following criteria for use in evaluating urban program grant applications:
(1) Mobility improvements - Includes system connectivity, improves flow of vehicles and freight, and extends or completes corridor for network connections.
(2) Physical condition - Includes pavement, structural, and geometric design features of the arterial.
(3) Growth and development improvements - Provides or improves access to urban centers, economic development, supports annexation agreements, and increases residential density.
(4) Safety improvements - Addresses crash or severity reduction, reduction of roadway hazards, reduction of roadway deficiencies, and eliminates or reduces railroad at-grade crossing hazards.
(5) Sustainability - Improves mode accessibility, reduces or eliminates water detention, supports native vegetation, and encourages energy reduction technology and use of recycled materials, or increases the lifecycle of the facility.
(6) Constructability - Demonstrates a strong likelihood to achieve full funding, obtain permits, acquire right of way, and reach construction within the timelines established in WAC 479-05-211.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. 12-08-060, § 479-14-131, filed 4/3/12, effective 5/4/12; 07-18-050, § 479-14-131, filed 8/30/07, effective 9/30/07.
