Statewide Prioritization and Programming

The following process is used on a yearly basis to prioritize and program HBP projects:
  • Bridge Division reviews the list of programmed bridges using HBP funds and coordinates with District and the Financial Management Division to verify
    projects in plan development and
    projects
    that
     are programmed within the 24-month letting schedule.
  • Bridge Division develops a list of eligible bridges for the District to review and submit for consideration for HBP funds.
  • Bridge Division prioritizes the newly submitted bridges and ranks them according to their
    overall
    status:
    • Prioritizing
       Bridges that are:
      • P
        oor
        Condition
      • Fair Condition and L
        ess than 26’ wide
        (inside of rail-to-inside of rail)
      • Fair Condition and S
        cour Critical
      • Fair Condition and S
        hort spans
        over water with a
         history of debris accumulation resulting in scour.
      • Fair Condition and have either Steel or timber piles
    • Consideration is given to bridges that are eligible for replacement or rehabilitation and can be included with other planned projects along the same route to take advantage of the traffic control and mobilization costs of the contractor.
  • Bridges are selected in this order until funding is exhausted within the year(s) that have available funding.
  • Bridges not selected for a requested fiscal year due to funding
    constraints
    , are added to the following year for consideration and prioritized until funds are exhausted.
  • This process is repeated for each year of the five-year HBP program listing until funds for all fiscal programming years have been exhausted.
Bridge Division encourages bridge projects selected within the first four years be developed
with a
n
AVL
date
within the first two years of the program. This allows projects to be moved into the current fiscal year and be let for construction should another project be delayed.
Table 2-1: Highway Bridge Program Selection Process Schedule
Program Time
Month
Time Frame
Action Items
List Development
August
1 month
BRG develops lists of all eligible HBP projects.
Program Call
September
1 month
District select
s
new candidates and update
s
 current estimates and lettings.
Project Selection
October
1 month
BRG develops list of
District
 candidate
s
Selection Comments
November
2 weeks
District comment
s
 on selections
Program Call Finalized
December - January
1.5 months
BRG prepares final call list
Final list sent to FIN
January
End of month
BRG sends final HBP list to FIN.
TXDOTCONNECT Updates
February
1 month
District submit
s
 TXDOTCONNECT changes and
creates
 new CSJs.