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NATIONAL CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
Year	1997(ISTEA)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Authorization	0	0	$140M	$140M	$140M	$140M	$140M

Program Purpose

The purpose of the National Corridor Planning and Development Program is to provide allocations to States and metropolitan planning organizations for coordinated planning, design, and construction of corridors of national significance, economic growth, and international or interregional trade. [1118(a)]

The purpose of the Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program is to improve the safe movement of people and goods at or across the border between the United States and Canada and the border between the United States and Mexico. [1119(a)]

Funding

These two programs are funded from a single source. [1101(a)(9)]

Requires the Secretary to establish and publish criteria for selection for all discretionary programs funded from the Highway Trust Fund, and submit lists of projects explaining how the projects were selected. [1311, TRA 9004(a)]

The Federal share for projects funded through these programs is 80% (sliding scale applies). [1118(e)]

Eligible Recipients

Eligibility for funds from the Corridor Program is limited to States and MPOs. [1118(a)]

Eligibility for Corridor Program funds is further limited to:

• The 21 corridors identified in ISTEA, the 8 added in the 1995 National Highway Designation Act, and the 14 added by the 1998 TEA-21, as well as any modifications to these corridors made in succeeding legislation. [1211]

• Other significant corridors selected by the Secretary considering: [1118(b)]

  (1) Any increase since NAFTA in commercial vehicle traffic volume at border stations or ports of entry in each State and in the State as a whole;

  (2) Projected further increases of such traffic;

  (3) Flow of international truck-borne commodities through each State;

  (4) Reduction in travel time through a major international facility;

  (5) Leveraging of Federal funds via use of innovative financing, using funds from other Title 23 programs, other Federal funds and/or State, local and private funds;

  (6) Value of cargo and the economic costs of congestion; and

  (7) Economic growth and development in areas underserved by existing highway infrastructure.

Eligible Activities

Eligible work for corridor funds includes: [1118(c)]

• Planning, coordination, design, and location studies;

• Environmental review and construction (subsequent to the Secretary’s review of a corridordevelopment and management plan).

A corridor management plan shall include: [1118(d)]

• A complete and comprehensive analysis of corridor costs and benefits;

• A coordinated schedule showing completion of plans, development activities, environmental reviews and permits, and construction of all segments;

• A finance plan, including any innovative financing methods, and, if a multistate corridor, including a State-by-State allocation;

• Results of any environmental reviews and mitigation plans; and

• Identification of any impediments to the development and construction of the corridor, including any environmental, social, political and economic objections.

Corridor planning shall be coordinated with transportation planning of State, metropolitan, and Federal land, tribal government, and Mexican and Canadian agencies. [1118(f)]

Eligible Recipients

Eligibility for funds from the Border Program is limited to border States and MPOs. [1119(a), 1119(b)]

Criteria for selection of projects supported by border program funds include: [1119(c)]

• Expected reduction in motor vehicle travel time through an international border crossing;

• Improvements in Canadian/Mexican border crossing vehicle safety and cargo security;

• Applicability of innovative and problem solving techniques of the proposed project to other border stations or ports of entry;

• Increased use of existing, underutilized border crossing facilities and approaches;

• Leveraging of Federal funds via use of innovative financing, using funds from other Title 23 programs, and/or Federal, State, local, and private funding;

• Degree of multinational involvement in the project;

• Degree of coordination with Federal inspection agencies;

• Local commitment to implement and sustain planning processes and programs; and

• Factors the Secretary determines appropriate to promote border efficiency and safety.

Eligible Activities

Eligible work for border funds includes: [1119(b)]

• Improvements to existing transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border vehicle and cargo movements;

• Construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities that will facilitate vehicle and cargo movements related to international trade;

• Operational improvements, including improvements relating to electronic data interchange and use of telecommunications, to expedite cross border vehicle and cargo movements;

• Modifications to regulatory procedures to expedite cross border vehicle and cargo movements;

• International coordination of planning, programming, and border operation with Canada and Mexico relating to expedite cross border vehicle an cargo movements; and

• Activities of Federal inspection agencies.

During the period FY 1998-2001, the Secretary may transfer up to a total of $10M to the Administrator of General Services at his/her request for construction of transportation infrastructure necessary for law enforcement in border States. [1119(d)]

September 14, 1998