Sec 28-306. Statewide transportation policy statement

A. The board shall develop a statewide transportation policy statement as provided in this section.

B. The statewide transportation policy statement shall be developed and adopted on or before January 1, 2003 and shall be reviewed and updated on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year thereafter.

C. The statewide transportation policy statement shall include the performance expectations for the statewide transportation system over the next twenty years using the performance measures developed pursuant to section 28-504. The policy statement shall provide guidance to the department in developing a comprehensive and balanced statewide highway system.

D. In establishing the long-range policy goals for the statewide transportation system, the board shall ensure that the future transportation system facilitates, rather than directs, future development in this state.

E. In establishing the statewide transportation policy statement, the board shall consider, to the greatest extent possible, local, regional and tribal transportation goals.