§ 54-18-101. Cooperative Planning Agreements Authorized
The department of transportation, with the cooperation of the department of economic and community development, and counties, cities and towns of the state, with the cooperation of their respective planning commissions, are authorized to enter into cooperative planning agreements that provide for a continuing and comprehensive transportation planning process. Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, […]
§ 54-18-102. Organizational Framework Included in Agreement
Cooperative agreements shall include an organizational framework for carrying out the planning process in a manner that ensures that decisions are reflective of, and responsive to, both the programs of the department of transportation and the needs and desires of the local governments. Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 130, […]
§ 54-18-103. Scope of Agreements
Planning may include, but shall not be limited to: The collection, analysis, and interpretation of pertinent data concerning transportation facilities, travel patterns, land use, economic activity, (population and employment), financial resources, and existing legislation; The forecasting of future development and of future travel demands; The establishment of transportation objectives and standards; The development and evaluation […]
§ 54-18-104. Purpose of Part
It is the intent of this part to fit transportation planning with comprehensive local planning and state highway planning into a coordinated whole, and that the state agencies and local governments involved are to be authorized to do everything necessary and proper to achieve that end, including arrangements for keeping the coordinated planning current and […]