N.M. Code R. § 20.11.3.113 Criteria and Procedures: Timely Implementations of Tcms

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.3.113
• Year: 2023

A. The transportation plan, TIP or any FHWA/FTA project, which is not from a conforming plan and TIP, shall provide for the timely implementation of TCMs from the applicable implementation plan.

B. For transportation plans, this criterion is satisfied if the following two conditions are met.

(1) The transportation plan, in describing the envisioned future transportation system, provides for the timely completion or implementation of all TCMs in the applicable implementation plan, which are eligible for funding under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Laws consistent with schedules included in the applicable implementation plan.

(2) Nothing in the transportation plan interferes with the implementation of any TCM in the applicable implementation plan.

C. For TIPs, this criterion is satisfied if the following conditions are met.

(1) An examination of the specific steps and funding source(s) needed to fully implement each TCM indicates that TCMs which are eligible for funding under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Laws are on or ahead of the schedule established in the applicable implementation plan or, if such TCMs are behind the schedule established in the applicable implementation plan, the MPO and DOT have determined that past obstacles to implementation of the TCMs have been identified and have been or are being overcome, and that all and local agencies with influence over approvals or funding for TCMs are giving maximum priority to approval or funding of TCMs over other projects within their control including projects in locations outside the nonattainment or maintenance area.

(2) If TCMs in the applicable implementation plan have previously...