39-1365.02 State highway system; federal funding; maximum use; department; report on system needs and planning procedures.
39-1365.02. State highway system; federal funding; maximum use; department; report on system needs and planning procedures.(1) The Department of Roads shall apply for and make maximum use of available federal funding, including discretionary funding, on all highway construction projects which are eligible for such assistance.(2) The Department of Roads shall transmit to the Legislature, by December 1 of each year, a report on the needs of the state highway system and the department's planning procedures. Such report shall include:(a) The criteria by which highway needs are determined;(b) The standards established for each classification of highways;(c) An assessment of current and projected needs of the state highway system, such needs to be defined by category of improvement required to bring each segment up to standards. Projected fund availability shall not be a consideration by which needs are determined;(d) Criteria and data, including factors enumerated in section 39-1365.01, upon which decisions may be made on possible special priority highways for commercial growth; and(e) A review of the department's procedure for selection of projects for the annual construction program, the five-year planning program, and extended planning programs. SourceLaws 1988, LB 632, § 25.