| (a) Eligible candidate projects, together with the results of the technical review, will be submitted to the TEPEC. The TEPEC will evaluate the potential benefit of each eligible candidate project. (b) The TEPEC will meet at the call of the chair to consider and discuss the relationship to the surface transportation system and potential benefit of eligible candidate projects. After discussing the candidate projects, the committee will evaluate each project based on the quality of the project, the geographic scope of the project's benefits, and the project's transportation enhancement value. The TEPEC will prepare recommendations as to which projects are suitable for funding and provide these recommendations to the department. (c) The TEPEC will serve to advise the department of the benefit of candidate projects only and its decisions will in no way be binding on the ability of the commission to select from among all eligible candidate projects those projects approved for funding. |
