Section 229-103-II-1 - PLANNINGMaineDOT is the state agency charged with overall responsibility for balanced transportation planning and policy as reflected in the provisions of Subchapter II governing the development of the Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan. MTA has responsibility for the development, management and operation of the Turnpike and related transportation systems in accordance with its enabling act, 23 MRSA §§1961, et seq. In connection with the development and adoption of the Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan by MaineDOT, MTA shall develop and submit an MTA Planning Report that will be consistent with the policy objectives of the Sensible Transportation Act and will include:
(1) An inventory (meeting the applicable requirements of Section 5-B of Subchapter I) of transportation systems under MTA jurisdiction;(2) Identification of the nature and extent of (i) current and future deficiencies and needs of transportation systems under MTA jurisdiction, and (ii) any other current and future transportation system deficiencies and needs related to or connected with the transportation systems under MTA jurisdiction, all based on an analysis which considers, at a minimum, the information developed by MTA under this section, information available from the activities of MaineDOT and the regional planning and development organizations under Subchapter I and identified state/regional/local transportation goals and policy objectives; and(3) MTA's recommendations for transportation improvement strategies, project priorities and multimodal projects and programs within its jurisdiction that should be considered by MaineDOT in preparing and approving the Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan in order to address priority safety needs, system preservation needs, system rehabilitation needs and system efficiency needs and projects or programs to meet, manage and reduce current and forecasted travel demand. The MTA Planning Report shall be considered by MaineDOT in developing the Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan. The MTA Planning Report will be updated periodically (at a minimum every five years) as new needs and issues are developed using the same process that is described in this Section 1.
17-229 C.M.R. ch. 103, § II-1