Wisconsin Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Agency Trans. Department of Transportation |
Chapter 209. Highway And Bridge Project Selection Process |
Section 209.04. Policy goals.
Latest version.
- (1) The overall goal for the department shall be to address highway transportation needs as efficiently as possible to achieve optimum utilization of available funds. This shall be accomplished by:(a) Maximizing the use of existing highways and bridges and thus minimizing the need for new highways and facilities.(b) Utilizing a highway's surface life before improving the facility, where practical.(c) Determining the appropriate level of improvement to achieve optimum effectiveness from the highway system.(d) Emphasizing the correction of safety-deficient segments of the highway system.(e) Seeking to resolve facility-related problems that inhibit economic vitality and growth.(f) Encouraging the staging of improvement projects to minimize the initial investments required while maintaining flexibility to meet longer range needs at a later date.(g) Utilizing federal aids to the greatest extent reasonable.(h) Minimizing negative effects on the surrounding communities and on the natural environment.
History:
Cr.
Register, September, 1981, No. 308
, eff. 10-1-81.