House Journal: Page 886: Thursday, March 25, 1999

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 1   feasible of major urban areas and regions of the state
 2   to each other and to the national system of interstate
 3   and defense highways and priority routes in adjacent
 4   states, except that the use of existing transportation
 5   corridors shall be a priority whenever possible.
 6     b. (2)  The existence of high volumes of total
 7   traffic and commercial traffic.
 8     c. (3)  Long distance traffic movements.
 9     d. (4)  Area coverage and balance of spacing with
10   service to major growth centers within the state.
11     e. (5)  Metropolitan area bypasses consistent with
12   local, metropolitan, or regional area plans
13   established through cooperation by the state
14   department of transportation and local officials.
15 (6)  Local preferences for routes through rural
16   areas.
17     c.  The commission, with assistance from the state
18   department of transportation, shall establish
19   procedures for all of the following:
20 (1)  Conducting impact analyses for new routes or
21   proposed improvements to or expansions of the network
22   pursuant to paragraph "a".
23 (2)  Review of impact analyses by persons affected
24   by the network or by proposed changes in the network,
25   including an opportunity to comment on and propose
26   changes to the impact analyses.
27 (3)  Review of and consent to new routes or
28   proposed changes in the network by local governmental
29   units affected by the network, including a method of
30   appealing decisions concerning the network made by the
31   commission.
32     The network of commercial and industrial highways
33   shall not exceed two thousand five hundred miles
34   including municipal extensions of these highways.
35     3.  STANDARDS.  The state department of
36   transportation shall establish standards pertaining to
37   the specific location, design, and access control for
38   each segment of the commercial and industrial
39   highways. The state department of transportation
40   shall incorporate into the standards a priority for
41   cooperation with local governmental units affected by
42   the network and for consideration of the local
43   governmental units' preferences regarding the network.
44   The standards shall be distributed to the local
45   governmental units affected by the network and shall
46   be available to the public.
47     4.  NETWORK DEVELOPMENT.  In establishing
48   priorities for improvement projects, the state
49   department of transportation shall take into
50   consideration the following additional criteria:

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