A local agency that has a small city arterial program project, small city preservation project, complete streets project, or active transportation project, may elect to have, or the executive director may require, the project to be administered by another city, a county, state department of transportation, or state transportation improvement board when:

1. (1) The local agency does not have certification acceptance from the state department of transportation per the Washington state department of transportation local agency guidelines manual, chapter 13; or
2. (2) The executive director determines that the local agency has insufficient capacity to directly administer transportation projects.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 23-08-032, § 479-05-035, filed 3/28/23, effective 4/28/23; WSR 22-07-023, § 479-05-035, filed 3/9/22, effective 4/9/22; WSR 15-22-052, § 479-05-035, filed 10/29/15, effective 11/29/15; WSR 12-08-060, § 479-05-035, filed 4/3/12, effective 5/4/12.]