1. (1) The overall goal for the department shall be to address highway transportation needs as efficiently as possible to achieve optimum utilization of available funds. This shall be accomplished by:

   1. (a) Maximizing the use of existing highways and bridges and thus minimizing the need for new highways and facilities.
   2. (b) Utilizing a highway’s surface life before improving the facility, where practical.
   3. (c) Determining the appropriate level of improvement to achieve optimum effectiveness from the highway system.
   4. (d) Emphasizing the correction of safety-deficient segments of the highway system.
   5. (e) Seeking to resolve facility-related problems that inhibit economic vitality and growth.
   6. (f) Encouraging the staging of improvement projects to minimize the initial investments required while maintaining flexibility to meet longer range needs at a later date.
   7. (g) Utilizing federal aids to the greatest extent reasonable.
   8. (h) Minimizing negative effects on the surrounding communities and on the natural environment.

History

History: Cr. Register, September, 1981, No. 308, eff. 10-1-81.