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(3) The department will report its progress on the
program and provide an opportunity for a free exchange of ideas, views,
and concerns relating to project selection, funding categories, level
of funding in each category, the allocation of funds for each year
of the program, and the relative importance of the various selection
criteria.
(4) The department will hold at least one statewide
hearing on its project selection process including the UTP's funding
categories, the level of funding in each category, the allocation
of funds for each year of the program, and the relative importance
of the various selection criteria prior to:
(A) final adoption of the UTP and any updates; and
(B) approval of any adjustments to the program resulting
from changes to the allocation of funds under §16.160 of this
chapter (relating to Funding Allocation Adjustments).
(5) The department will publish a notice of the applicable
hearing in the Texas Register a minimum
of 15 days prior to its being held and will inform the public where
to send any written comments. The department will accept written public
comments for a period of at least 30 days after the date the notice
appears in the Texas Register. The
department may also accept public comments by other means, as specified
in the notice. A copy of the proposed project selection process, the
UTP, and any adjustments to the program, as applicable, will be available
for review at the time the notice of hearing is published on the department
website and, on request, will be available at district offices and
at the department's Transportation Planning and Programming office
in Austin.
(6) The department will present information regarding
the development of the UTP and any updates to the commission not later
than the month prior to final adoption of the UTP and any updates.
(h) Publication. The department will publish the entire
approved unified transportation program, updates, adjustments, and
administrative revisions together with any summary documents highlighting
project benchmarks, priorities, and forecasts on the department's
website. The documents will also be available for review, on request,
at district offices and at the department's Transportation Planning
and Programming Division office in Austin.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §16.105 adopted to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 8388; amended to be effective November 15, 2012, 37 TexReg 8981; amended to be effective January 4, 2017, 41 TexReg 10670; amended to be effective September 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 5240; amended to be effective February 16, 2022, 47 TexReg 660; amended to be effective February 6, 2024, 49 TexReg 563 |
