Prioritization and Programming Process. NCDOT Division of Planning and Programming November 16, 2016

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1 Prioritization and Programming Process NCDOT Division of Planning and Programming November 16, 2016

2 Today s Roadmap 1. Planning and Programming Division Overview 2. Strategic Investments (STI) Law 3. Prioritization Workgroup 4. Project Submittal 5. Local Input Points 6. Programming the STIP 7. Summary of Coordination

3 Planning and Programming Division Overview 3

4 Program Life Cycle Long-Range Planning Determine Needs Prioritization Program Development Fund Projects Project Planning Minimize Impacts Project Design Design and Acquire ROW Construction Build Facility Planning & Programming Functions Maintenance & Operations Maintain Facility 4

5 Planning Framework 30 Year Comprehensive Plan 20+ Year MPO Metropolitan Plan 10-Year State Improvement Program (STIP) [First 5 years - delivery STIP, Latter 5 years - developmental STIP] State requirement for MPOs and RPOs, multimodal plan to address future needs Required federally for MPOs only, includes fiscal constraint Prioritization process the gateway into the STIP Funded projects, Includes MPO s TIPs plus rural projects Federal Approval of first 4 years

6 Strategic Investments Law 6

7 Background NCDOT funds six modes of transportation Annual Budget of approx. $4.4B* ($1.8B for STI) Key Partners 7

8 Strategic Investments (STI) Law Prioritizes Capital Expenditures across all modes (Mobility/Expansion + Modernization) Needs-based Directly ties funding to Prioritization Results Workgroup 8

9 How STI Works 40% of Funds 30% of Funds 30% of Funds Statewide Mobility Estimated $18B in Funds for SFY Focus Address Significant Congestion and Bottlenecks Selection based on 100% Data Projects Programmed prior to Local Input Ranking Regional Impact Focus Improve Connectivity within Regions Selection based on 70% Data & 30% Local Input Funding based on population within Region (7) Division Needs Focus Address Local Needs Selection based on 50% Data & 50% Local Input Funding based on equal share for each Division (14) = ~$39M / yr 9

10 regions & divisions 10

11 Eligibility Definitions Mode Statewide Mobility Regional Impact Division Needs Highway Interstates (existing & future) NHS routes (July 1, 2012) STRAHNET ADHS Routes Uncompleted Intrastate projects Designated Toll Facilities Other US and NC Routes All County (SR) Routes Aviation Large Commercial Service Airports ($500K cap) Other Commercial Service Airports not in Statewide ($300K cap) All Airports without Commercial Service ($18.5M cap) Bicycle- Pedestrian N/A N/A All projects ($0 state funds) Public N/A Service spanning two or more counties (10% cap) All other service, including terminals and stations Ferry N/A Ferry expansion Replacement vessels Rail Freight Capacity Service on Class I Railroad Corridors Rail service spanning two or more counties not Statewide Rail service not included on Statewide or Regional 11

12 Highway Project Scoring Overview Mode Statewide Mobility Regional Impact Division Needs Eligible Projects Statewide Statewide Regional Statewide Regional Division Overall Weights 100% Quantitative Data 70% Quantitative Data / 30% Local Input 50% Quantitative Data / 50% Local Input Quant. Criteria Benefit-Cost Congestion Economic Comp. Safety Freight Multimodal Pavement Condition Lane Width Shoulder Width Benefit-cost Congestion Safety Freight Multimodal Pavement Condition Lane Width Shoulder Width Accessibility and connectivity to employment centers, tourist destinations, or military installations Benefit-cost Congestion. Safety Freight Multimodal Pavement Condition Lane Width Shoulder Width Accessibility and connectivity to employment centers, tourist destinations, or military installations Notes: Projects Selected Prior to Local Input Quant. Criteria can be different for each Region Quant. Criteria can be different for each Division 12

13 STI Non-Highway Criteria Separate prioritization processes for each mode Minimum of 4 quantitative criteria Criteria based on point scale with no bonus points 13

14 Prioritization Workgroup 14

15 3-Year Prioritization & STIP Cycle Fall Winter Spring Summer P4.0 Division Needs Local Input Point Assignment P4.0 Draft STIP Released P4.0 Final STIP Released End P4.0 Start P5.0 P5.0 Workgroup BOT Approves P5.0 Workgroup Criteria/Weights Project Submittal Fall Winter Spring Summer Project Data Review and Scoring Release Quant. Scores & Statewide Funded Projects Regional Impact Local Input Point Assignment Release Regional Total Scores & Funded Projects Local Input Methodologies Submitted and Approved Fall Winter Spring Summer Division Needs Local Input Point Assignment P5.0 Draft STIP Released P5.0 Final STIP Approved End P5.0

16 Workgroup Purpose GS (h): the Department shall endeavor to continually improve the methodology and criteria used to score highway and non-highway projects pursuant to this Article, including the use of normalization techniques, and methods to strengthen the data collection process. The Department is directed to continue the use of a Workgroup process to develop improvements to the prioritization process. Purpose: Provide recommendations to NCDOT on prioritization criteria, weights, and scoring process for all modes 16

17 Workgroup Members 4 MPO reps 4 RPO reps Metro Mayors League of Municipalities Regional Council of Governments Association of County Commissioners 12 NCDOT reps Advisory reps 17

18 Prioritization 4.0 Workgroup 17 meetings (September 2014 August 2015) Reviewed P3.0 scoring and results Cambridge Systematics statistical analysis of P3.0 Recommended several changes for P4.0 Criteria weights and measures slightly modified from P3.0 No Votes Taken All decisions reached by consensus: Consensus means agreeing with the recommendation and willing to advocate the recommendation with peers

19 Highway Scoring Quantitative Criteria Criteria Existing Conditions Project Benefits (Future Conditions) - Congestion (Volume/Capacity + Volume) - Benefit/Cost (Travel Time Savings + Safety Benefits / Cost to NCDOT) - Safety Score (Critical Crash Rates, Density, Severity) - Economic Competitiveness (Jobs, Change in County Economy) - Accessibility / Connectivity (County Economic Indicator, Improve Mobility) - Freight (Truck Volumes, STRAHNet/Future Interstate, Freight Terminals) - Multimodal (Passenger Terminals) - Lane Width (Existing Width vs. Standard Width) - Shoulder Width (Existing Width vs. Standard Width) - Pavement Score (Pavement Condition Rating)

20 P4.0 Highway Scoring Criteria & Weights Funding Category Statewide Mobility QUANTITATIVE Congestion = 30% Benefit-Cost = 25% Safety = 15% Economic Comp. = 10% Freight = 15% Multimodal = 5% LOCAL INPUT Data Division MPO/RPO 100% Regional Impact Congestion = 20% Benefit-Cost = 20% Safety = 10% Accessibility/Connectivity = 10% Freight = 10% 70% 15% 15% 20 Division Needs Congestion = 15% Benefit-Cost = 15% Safety = 10% Accessibility/Connectivity = 5% Freight = 5% 50% 25% 25%

21 Project Submittal 21

22 Types of Projects Committed Carryovers Submittals Project Submittal Each MPO, RPO, and Division receives a set number of submittals Coordination between MPOs/RPOs and Divisions on submittals

23 P4.0 Scoring Process - Highways Travel Time Savings - Corridor Statewide Mobility Projects (TPB / PB) Design Concepts - Intersection, Interchange, Superstreet, Operational Projects (CMT) Travel Time Savings - Intersection, Interchange, Superstreet, Operational Projects (CMT) TREDIS (ERD- Group) Review of Projects from NEPA Perspective / Logical Termini (PDEA) Review of Mapping, Project Description, Cross-Section, and Attributes (SPOT, GIS Unit) Costs (TIP Unit, Feasibility Studies, NCTA, ITS & Signals Unit) MPO, RPO, and Division Data Review SPOT Updates Data as Needed Score Projects Safety Scores and Crash Data - Intersection, Interchange, Projects (Traffic Safety Unit) All Other Data (SPOT, GIS Unit, SPOT On!ine) Orange NCDOT project review Green Acquire scoring inputs/data Yellow MPO, RPO, & Division data review Blue Score projects

24 Local Input Points 24

25 Scoring Process Projects Submitted Data reviewed Quantitative scores calculated Statewide Mobility Projects programmed based on quant. score Regional Impact 25 Local input points assigned Total scores calculated Projects programmed Division Needs Local input points assigned Total scores calculated Projects programmed

26 Local Input Points Use in Regional Impact & Division Needs All Modes # Points = base points + population Separate Allocation for Regional Impact & Division Needs 100 point max per project per category MPOs/RPOs required to have NCDOT approved process (GS ) Division Engineers have formal process Coordination between MPOs, RPOs, and Divisions 26

27 Programming the STIP

28 State Improvement Program (STIP) STIP identifies funding and scheduling of projects in NCDOT s capital program 10 Year Program (currently ) 1st Five Years is Delivery STIP committed projects from prioritization perspective 2nd Five Years is Developmental STIP projects in early scoping and environmental development stage Updated every 2 years Current STIP contains over $20 Billion of projects Highway, non-highway, bridges, safety, Interstate Maintenance, CMAQ 28

29 STIP Development Priority Ranking & Normalization Funding Category Allocations STIP Committed Projects Project Development Time STI Law Provisions 29

30 Scheduling Impacts to Programming 30 Regardless of priority, projects cannot be programmed for Right of Way (ROW) or Construction prior to completion of planning/environmental (NEPA) and design work A lower scoring project that can be delivered soon may get scheduled prior to a higher ranking project that still needs extensive work

31 Annual Funding Balance +/-10% Variance Test Year Total Statewide Test Regional Test Division Test Annual Budgets Test Test Test Test Test Test Many budget tests included in State and Federal Law Compare total programmed amount to anticipated annual budget for each year For every five year period, compare programmed amounts to budget targets set by law in the Statewide, Regional and Division categories 31

32 STI Legislation Funding Caps and Restrictions Caps which Impact Programming: Statewide Mobility corridor cap Funding limits on airport projects in all categories Funding limits on Regional Impact transit projects Funding limit on light rail and commuter rail projects Prohibition on using state funds to match federal-aid for independent bicycle and pedestrian projects 32

33 Types of Projects in the STIP Exempt programs and transition projects Statewide Mobility Projects Regional Impact Projects STIP Alternate Criteria Projects Division Needs Projects 33

34 NCDOT & MPO Coordination 34

35 NCDOT & MPO Coordination Workgroup Project submittal Data review Local methodology Regional Impact local input points Division Needs local input points Public comment on Draft STIP STIP / MTIP approval and amendments 35

36 Contact Information Van Argabright, P.E. STIP and Feasibility Studies Manager (919) David Wasserman, P.E. Prioritization Office (SPOT) / STIP Western Region Manager (919) dswasserman@ncdot.gov Sarah E. Lee Prioritization Office (SPOT) (919) selee@ncdot.gov Jason Schronce, P.E. Prioritization Office (SPOT) (919) jschronce@ncdot.gov 36