Arizona Laws 28-6954. Program requirements
A. The five year transportation facilities construction program shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-6954
- Board: means the transportation board. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Budget: means the annual highway program prepared by the department. See Arizona Laws 28-6901
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
1. Set forth estimated expenditures by project for engineering, rights-of-way and construction.
2. Include detailed information by project as to location, description and the reasons for the project’s assigned priority.
3. List projects by priority and group them in the fiscal year during which it is estimated construction can begin.
4. For the first year of the program, consist of projects that can with reasonable certainty be advertised for public bidding.
5. Include a plan for the use of monies expected to be deposited in a county’s regional area road fund as provided in chapter 17, article 1 of this title that is all of the following:
(a) Consistent with the plan as defined in section 28-6351.
(b) Consistent with the project budget process specified in section 28-6352, subsection C, paragraph 1.
(c) Annually updated.
6. Include a plan for the use of monies that are expected to accrue in a county’s regional transportation fund as provided in section 48-5310, that are dedicated for street and highway purposes and that are in the state highway system.
B. The department shall develop and use detailed criteria designed to meet the transportation system performance measures adopted by the board pursuant to section 28-304 in identifying projects for the five year transportation facilities construction program. The project selection process shall also conform to state and regional growth policies.