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PDFWAC 479-14-131

Award criteria for the urban program.

The board establishes the following criteria for use in evaluating urban program grant applications:

(1) Mobility improvements - Includes system connectivity, improves flow of vehicles and freight, and extends or completes corridor for network connections.

(2) Physical condition - Includes pavement, structural, and geometric design features of the arterial.

(3) Growth and development improvements - Provides or improves access to urban centers, economic development, supports annexation agreements, and increases residential density.

(4) Safety improvements - Addresses crash or severity reduction, reduction of roadway hazards, reduction of roadway deficiencies, and eliminates or reduces railroad at-grade crossing hazards.

(5) Sustainability - Improves mode accessibility, reduces or eliminates water detention, supports native vegetation, and encourages energy reduction technology and use of recycled materials, or increases the lifecycle of the facility.

(6) Constructability - Demonstrates a strong likelihood to achieve full funding, obtain permits, acquire right of way, and reach construction within the timelines established in WAC 479-05-211.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 23-08-032, § 479-14-131, filed 3/28/23, effective 4/28/23; WSR 22-07-023, § 479-14-131, filed 3/9/22, effective 4/9/22; WSR 12-08-060, § 479-14-131, filed 4/3/12, effective 5/4/12; WSR 07-18-050, § 479-14-131, filed 8/30/07, effective 9/30/07.]