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<br />ConnectOregon Fact Sheet <br />Oregon Department of Transportation <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />revised 11/18/05 <br /> <br />Can a publicly owned road be part of a ConnectOregon project? <br /> <br />Yes, but no Connect Oregon funds can be used for improvements that are otherwise eligible to <br />be funded by fuel and motor vehicle tax revenues. <br /> <br />Is a project eligible if it contains an element eligible for state highway <br />funds? <br /> <br />Only project elements not eligible for state highway funds are eligible for Connectoregon <br />funding: therefore, the application should be for the other project elements. However, 8B71 <br />encourages submission of projects that include a component connecting one mode to another. <br /> <br />Can ConnectOregon funds replace existing and/or previously identified <br />project funds? <br />No. <br />The bill says "Transportation Projects" are eligible for funding. <br /> <br />Does that include all the modes and types of projects and facilities defined <br />in the ORS? <br />No. Only rail, marine, aviation, and transit projects are eligible. Bicycle and pedestrian projects, <br />for example, are excluded. Note that the bill refers to "transportation projects." Operating costs <br />are not eligible. <br /> <br />The bill says "Transportation Projects" are eligible for funding. Does that <br />include all the modes and types of projects and facilities defined in the <br />ORS? <br />No. Only rail, marine, aviation, and transit projects are eligible. Bicycle and pedestrian projects, <br />for example, are excluded. Note that the bill refers to "transportation projects." Operating costs <br />are not eligible. <br /> <br />Is dredging an eligible activity, if needed to deepen an existing port to <br />serve larger ships? <br />Most dredging is considered a maintenance activity. To qualify, the applicant would have to be <br />clear that the dredging was to achieve a new depth as opposed to restoring previously reached <br />depths. <br /> <br />Does a ConnectOregon project have to be in an approved Comprehensive <br />Plan or Transportation System Plan (TSP), Regional Transportation Plan <br />(RTP) or in a metropolitan area Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) <br /> <br />For updated information on highway work and current travel Information throughout Oregon, visit <br />www.tripcheck.com. or call the Oregon road report at 511 or (800) 977-6368. <br />Visit the ODOT News Media Center at www.oregon.gov/ODOT. <br />