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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Bell J.
Practical Design Standards for Projects (language only)

Item 453 #3h

Item 453 #3h

Transportation
Department of Transportation

Language

Page 381, after line 39, insert:

"I. Pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 796, 2016 Session of the General Assembly, the department shall employ value engineering and practical design standards that are based on a life-cycle cost approach for all projects costing more than $5,000,000.  Such practical design standards shall (i) focus on improvements that meet but do not seek to exceed the project's initial objective; (ii) use exceptions, waivers, and deviations to sufficiently meet a project's objective; (iii) maximize cost savings; and (iv) allow for the reuse of existing infrastructure when feasible.  Any costs associated with the use of such design standards will be funded from the existing appropriations of Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenues."



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Department of Transportation to utilize practical design standards as required by the provisions of House Bill 796, 2016 Session of the General Assembly.)