FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />I)c~elopmenl ti"I~IP <br />11;ijur prnjccts <br />Priority shall be given to: <br />• D-STIP project suitability (an <br />assessment of the level of work <br />completed to achieve the <br />planned D-STIP milestone). <br />• Projects that best support the <br />policies of the Oregon Highway <br />Plan. z <br />• Projects that have already com- <br />pleted one or more D-STIP mile- <br />stones. <br />• Projects that have funding iden- <br />tified for development or con- <br />struction3 <br />• Major Modernization Projects <br />that leverage other funds and <br />public benefits. a <br />Prioritization Factors <br />Used to Select Projects for Funding from the Pool of Eligible Projects <br />(,onstrucli~in SC1P~ <br />lluilernitvtiun projects Precer~ation Priijec~s Bridge'reJ~lacemenl; <br />rehabilit~~io+~ ru~ccis <br />Priority shall be given to: Priority shall be given to: Priority shall be given to: <br />• Project readiness (an assessment • Project readiness (an assessment • Projects that support the ap- <br />ofthe likelihood of a project get- of the likelihood of a project get- proved Bridge Options Report. <br />ting to construction in the time- ting to construction in the time- (This prioritization factor is not <br />frame contemplated). ~ frame contemplated). is intended to limit bridge projects <br /> to those identified in the Bridge <br />• Projects that best support the • Projects that best support the Options Report, but to give pri- <br />policies of the Oregon Highway policies of the Oregon Highway ority to those identified in the <br />Plan.B Plan.14 report.) '~ <br />• Projects that support freight mo- • Projects that leverage other • Projects that best support the <br />bility 9 funds and public benefits.l s policies of the Oregon Highway <br /> Plan.l s <br />• Projects that leverage other <br />funds and public benefits. 10 • Projects that leverage other <br /> funds and public benefits.19 <br />• Class 1 and 3 projects that have <br />completed an environmental <br />milestone of a Record of Deci- <br />sion (ROD) or Finding of No <br />Significant Impact (FONSI) (see <br />footnote for Class 2 projects).11 <br />To the extent that legislative action (e.g., HB 2041) applies, the criteria in the legislation will control in the event of a conflict. <br />Project Eligibility Criteria and Prioritization Factors <br />Approved by the OTC 9/15/2005. <br />Page 337 <br />