(1) A county may split a single rural arterial trust account funded project into multiple adjacent phased construction projects only upon written request and approval by the county road administration board.
(2) The county must submit the request prior to advertising for the construction contract, or prior to commencing construction should any of the projects be scheduled for completion by day labor.
(3) Upon receipt of the county's written request to split a RAP project, the CRAB director will consider and may approve the split.
(4) Upon such approval, a revised CRAB/county contract will be prepared, and sent to the county for its execution and returned in the same manner as for the original contract. The final contract must be fully executed prior to advertisement for contract construction, or if done by day labor, prior to commencing construction.
(5) Funding for split projects will be assigned based upon the breakdown of costs specified in the county's request letter.
(6) Failure of a county to execute an amended CRAB/county contract within forty-five days of receipt shall nullify any split requests and any other county road administration board actions associated with the split request.
(7) Construction on at least one of the split projects must commence by the lapsing date of the original project and all remaining portions must proceed to construction within two years of commencement of the first project. In the event the county fails to meet either of these timelines, repayment of expended RATA funds for all portions or phases of the projects will be required unless waived by the county road administration board in keeping with provisions of WAC
136-167-030.
(8) Split projects will be considered ineligible for any increases in RATA funding or revisions in scope.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.79 RCW. 08-16-044, § 136-170-060, filed 7/29/08, effective 8/29/08.]