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Safety Improvements. <br /> $300,000 has been allocated in the second year of the program for safety projects yet to <br /> be identified. The only funded project in this category is the Irving Rd at Northwest <br /> Expressway and UP Railroad crossing project. 'Lane County has recently applied for <br /> metro area STP-U funds for this project to supplement the expected ODOT Rail grant <br /> for this project, This draft CIP deletes the placeholder safety and operations project at <br /> DeltalBeltline, funded last year at $1,100,000. No specific project has been identified <br /> that can move forward so staff is recommending returning these funds to the Road Fund <br /> reserve, <br /> .Payments and Matches to Other Agencies <br /> The I-51Coburg Interchange project is the sole project funded in this category at <br /> $2,500,000. It was originally intended to match a federal earmark of about ' <br /> $10,000,000. Since that time, the project estimate has risen to $20,000,000. Recent <br /> work by ODOT staff indicates the cast estimate may rise substantially again, This may <br /> cause reconsideration of the viability of this project. As you may recall, the County City <br /> Partnership payments were shown in this category at $2,500,000 in 06107 reflecting the <br /> final year of intergovernmental agreements on this program. Absent new action by the <br /> Board to authorize new agreements, this program has been terminated. Similarly, <br /> agreements sharing OTIA III maintenance payments have been terminated and are not <br /> shown in the CIP. <br /> Fish Passage Projects <br /> Three projects are shown in this category. They involve a variety of funding sources <br /> and construction strategies. They involve watershed grants (OWES) and Tltle II funding <br /> participation. County forces typically do associated road work with these culvert <br /> replacements. For some projects, county force costs are donated to the project. For <br /> others, these costs maybe reimbursed, <br /> Roads for Assisted Housing Projects <br /> Allocations to this fund by previous Board action are shown in the Assisted Housing <br /> Fund. Specific project allocations are also shown, The Heather Glen project in Veneta <br /> was previously funded in FY 06!07 and has been moved to FY 07108 because staff <br /> expects a bid award after July 1, 2007. In August, the Board approved the Prairie View <br /> project in Eugene at $213,700 for FY 07/08, <br /> Prioritization Matrix <br /> Last year's 07-11 CIP used prioritization factors in identifying key merits for each ' <br /> potential project. The prioritization factors were used to compare the relative merit of <br /> individual projects. Each factor in which the proposed project would provide a benefit <br /> was marked with a plus or a double-plus with adouble-plus symbol indicating a 'j <br /> <br /> 'strong benefit for that respective factor. These ratings are used to help identify the <br /> highest benefit projects for inclusion in the CIP. <br /> Attachment 1 shows the list of road projects and their ratings. The projects that have <br /> been committed to the program, either through significant strides already completed or <br /> 3 <br /> <br />