Highways and Roads
The roadway network is key to our everyday lives in ways that many of us never to stop to think about. Originally based on animal and early Indian trails, our roads are central to our lives. The roadway network supports cars, buses and trucks with the roadway edges supporting bike and pedestrian users.
These facilities usually take 10 or more years to conceive, plan and build. Widening existing roads can take at least several years. These projects include four distinct planning phases including: planning, engineering, right-of-way, and construction. The phases include coordination between local, regional and state organizations and consider public input all along the way.
There are several ways to keep track of major projects:
- The Transportation Improvement Program - this captures local and state projects using federal funds.
- The Consolidated Transportation Program – this captures all state funded projects. The State Highway Administration maintains a list of ongoing highway projects.
- The Capital Improvement Program – this captures projects in jurisdictions that are local funding only. Each jurisdiction has its own CIP that includes all capital projects, i.e. roads, schools, sewer, water.
Links within this web site:
Short-Range Transportation Planning
Citizens Advisory Committee
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Last Updated on Monday, 22 December 2008 10:55