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The first is the Open Decision Making section. Projects which have had a corridor study, safety plan, safety audit, or environmental document that covers the proposed project area will receive 50-points. If the project does not have any of those things, it will receive no points from this section. For a corridor or safety plan to receive points, it must have been completed within the last ten years for the eight county metro area or within the last twenty years for the rest of the counties in Minnesota. Although MnDOT does not need to have contributed financially to the study for it to count, MnDOT needs to have been involved and concur with the findings of the study, otherwise it will not receive any points. The second section on Policy Objectives matrix covers System Stewardship and Healthy Communities policy areas from MnDOT’s policy plan. For each of the bullets a project meets, it receives 10-points for up to a maximum of 50-points for this section. The bullets have been developed based upon stated goals and priorities from MnDOT’s SMPP. Combing Section one and two then represent a project’s score for the Policy Objectives criteria. Table 3 Policy Area Criteria Scoring Open There has been a corridor study, safety plan, safety audit, or Decision environmental document that covers the proposed project 50 - Points making  Pavement and/or bridges within the project area are due for a major rehabilitation or replacement within the next eight years  Project incorporates ITS technology or traveler information system component 10 –  The project addresses a significant flooding risk, snow trap/drifting System Points for issue, or other environmental impact that affects the reliability of Stewardship each the roadway and Healthy category.  Project reduces VMT or hours of congestion Communities  Project removes an at grade rail crossing Maximum  Project includes improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians of 50  Project replaces existing overhead lighting with new L.E.D lighting  Adds or supports transit service (like park and ride facilities, transit only shoulders, and park and pool locations).  Project will improve access to health care or to recreational areas of the State Total Points available 100 Community Consensus. The Corridors of Commerce definition for this criteria is support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding community. To best achieve that, MnDOT has developed a matrix which asks for resolutions and letters support from three different groups. Looking at Table 4, notice that the first area requires a resolution of support for the project from each of the municipalities and counties touched by the proposed project. To help ensure that projects meet the spirit of this criteria, MnDOT has made this section an all or nothing points area. In order to receive the 45-points, all the municipalities and counties impacted (touched) by the project need to provide a resolution of support for the project, otherwise the project does not receive any of the 45-points.