AGENDA DATE: 8/9/2017
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Transportation Priorities and 2017 Grant Applications
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Review and recommendations on Albemarle Transportation Priorities and Grant Requests
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Kamptner, Graham, Russel, Gast-Bray, McDermott
PRESENTER (S): Kevin McDermott
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: This workshop is intended to present information to assist the Board in decision making regarding transportation priorities and the submission of grant requests for funding. With the Board's guidance provided at this work session, staff will return in October for final approval and necessary resolutions related to this year's transportation grant requests for the fall application cycle. This work session builds on the information presented at the June Work Session on Transportation Priorities. The endorsement of the County's Transportation Priorities List will also serve to guide staff in the development of the Capital Needs submissions for the FY20 Capital Improvement Plan.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Infrastructure Investment: Prioritize, plan, and invest in critical infrastructure that responds to past and future changes and improves the capacity to serve community needs
DISCUSSION: The focus of today's discussion will be on transportation funding obtained through Virginia's Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP). The SYIP is the document through which Virginia allocates the majority of state transportation funding. SYIP projects are measured through Virginia's Smart Scale process, developed to achieve the goals described in House Bill 2 (HB2 signed into law in 2014). This process requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to develop and use a scoring process for transportation project funding selection as part of the annual review of the SYIP. The prioritization process evaluates projects using the following criteria: congestion mitigation, econ...
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