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system. Currently, SHTF revenues are not increasing with inflation and federal forest receipts are declining. 46. According to estimates prepared for the TransPlan Finance Committee, about 130 miles of roads (about 15 percent of the system) are currently in need of either resurfacing or reconstruction with an estimated cost of $61 million in 1995 dollars. 47. Funding allocations of state cigarette tax revenues designated for special need transit services are guided by the Special Transportation Fund Advisory Committee as per ORS 391.800 to 391.830 and OAR 732-005, 732-010, and 732-020 governing the Special Transportation Fund Program. 48. Currently, systems development charge (SDC) methodologies charge new development only for the city's portion of the arterial-collector system; metropolitan area state and county facilities are excluded from the calculation of SDC rates; and assessments only partially fund projects that are improving existing facilities to urban standards. 49. Focus groups convened during the TransPlan update process expressed the preference for mixed-use development to be encouraged and facilitated rather than required. Offering financial incentives and other support for nodal development is consistent with focus groups responses. 50. Under the TEA 21, 10 percent of Surface Transportation Program funds allocated to the state must be used for transportation enhancement activities, including construction of facilities for bicycles and pedestrians, but a local match is required. State funding for bikeways is primarily limited to Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) highway funds, which are used mainly for adding bicycle lanes to existing and new streets, but may be used for other bicycle projects in the right-of-way. Local jurisdictions may also fund bikeways through the local road construction and maintenance budget and from general funds, park district funds, special bond levies, and SDCs. Regarding transit, TransPlan anticipates that discretionary federal grant funds will pay for up to 80 percent of the capital cost of the BRT system, based on trends in federal funding for LTD capital projects over the last ten years. Policies F.33 Support development of a stable and flexible transportation finance system that provides adequate resources for transportation needs identified in TransPlan. F.34 Operate and maintain transportation facilities in a way that reduces the need for more expensive future repair. F.35 Set priorities for investment of ODOT and federal revenues programmed in the region's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to address safety and major capacity problems on the region's transportation system. III-F-13