How (or will) the Strategic Highway Corridors concept affect projects already in the “pipeline”? Will the concept affect projects that are on the verge of being constructed?
The adoption of this concept sets a new statewide highway planning vision into motion. However, the concept is not intended to supercede or overturn all previous or recently made decisions on individual projects. Each project already in the “pipeline” or under some sort of systems planning, project planning, or design stage must be evaluated on a case by case basis. Certain factors (including public involvement, social and environmental impacts, and additional delays) may contribute towards how and if the Strategic Highway Corridors concept affects a current project. In some cases, the concept can be used to consider small-scale changes/decisions, which might help to achieve the long-term vision for the corridor (such as Right-of-way acquisition or application of access management). This concept is expected to have an evolving role and is particularly geared towards affecting future planning decisions.
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