Highway Planning and Project Development Process

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Step

1. Develop Unified Planning Work Program (8 months)
2. * Develop 20-year Long-Range Plan (conformity determination at least every 3 years) (2 years) Planning Qs/ Cost template
3. * Develop TIP (conformity determination at least every 2 years) (1 year) Cost template
4. * STIP (Incorporate TIPs into STIP) (1 year) Cost template
5. * Project Level conformity determination/ Complete NEPA process (CE, EA/ FONSI, EIS / ROD) (1 - 5 years) Cost template
6. * Authorization for Final Design (1 year) Cost template
7. * Authorization for Right-of-Way Acquisitions (2 years) Cost template
8. * Authorization for Construction (P.S. & E. approval (highway); full funding grant agreement (transit)) (1 year) Cost template
9. * Project Construction (1 - 5 years) Cost template
10. * Operations (life of the facility) Cost template

Legend

• TIP Transportation Improvement Program
• STIP Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
• NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
• CE Categorical Exclusion
• EA Environmental Assessment
• FONSI Finding Of No Significant Impact
• EIS Environmental Impact Statement
• ROD Record of Decision
• P. S. & E. Plans, Specifications, and Estimates
• Planning Qs Planning Questions

* Cost Estimate Check