B/C = the ratio of reduction in long-term travel costs to the cost of constructing and maintaining the proposed major highway project.

B/Cmax = the highest ratio of reduction in long-term travel costs to the cost of construction and maintenance for any proposed major highway project under consideration for enumeration in that year.

Trans 210.06(1)(a)2.2. Evaluation of the existing businesses that will benefit from the proposed major highway project, which may be measured by the number of business entities, and the amount of employment, population and tourism in the proposed or existing highway corridor. Greater consideration shall be given to businesses that are projected to have significant growth over a majority of the life of the proposed highway project.

Trans 210.06(1)(b)(b) An evaluation shall be made for the proposed major highway project’s ability to attract new businesses through:

Trans 210.06(1)(b)1.1. Consideration of the proposed major highway project’s potential to increase the productivity of industry along the highway corridor.

Trans 210.06(1)(b)2.2. Consideration of the business redistribution potential of the proposed major highway project. Greater consideration shall be given to proposed major highway projects that do not redistribute growth from one part of the state to another, and to projects that contain businesses with the ability to attract business from outside of the state.

Trans 210.06(1)(b)3.3. Consideration of the economic development strengths of the communities served by the project. Greater consideration shall be given to communities that are sufficiently organized to capitalize on the economic opportunities associated with the proposed major highway project.

Trans 210.06(1)(b)4.4. Consideration of unique regional differences in the economic need and abilities of the communities affected by the proposed major highway project.

Trans 210.06(1)(c)(c) An evaluation shall be made of the proposed major highway project’s ability to improve connections between economic centers. Greater consideration shall be given to those routes that are either part of Wisconsin’s corridors 2020 network of quality highways, or part of the national highway system.

Trans 210.06 NoteNote: Copies of Corridors 2020 or National Highway System maps can be obtained by writing to or calling the Division of Investment Management, Bureau of State Highway Programs, P. O. Box 7913, Room 933, Madison, WI 53707-7913, (608) 267-7715.

Trans 210.06(2)(a)(a) The department shall evaluate the existing and predicted traffic flow on the highway system that will be affected by the proposed major highway project. Traffic flow shall be measured using accepted engineering practices to compute the level of service on the highway system segments, and may consider traffic density, travel speed or time delayed and other related factors.

Trans 210.06(2)(b)(b) Greater consideration shall be given to the severity of congestion and to the amount of traffic that is on the existing highway system segments that would be affected by the proposed major highway project.

Trans 210.06(2)(c)(c) The calculation of the traffic flow measure points shall be based on a combination of the existing and predicted levels of service, weights for the levels of service and the number of existing and predicted vehicle miles traveled on the highway segments affected by the proposed major highway project. Points will be calculated for individual highway segments within the highway system affected by the major highway project. The total points for the major highway project is equal to the sum of the points for the highway segments. The following formula shall be used to determine the traffic flow measure points:

LOS10 = the numeric value of level of service that is predicted to exist on the highway segment 10 years from the analysis year. The following table shows the numeric LOS values.

%HMVMT0 = hundred million vehicle miles traveled over the highway segment for the existing year divided by the hundred million vehicle miles traveled over the affected highway system for the existing year.

%HMVMT10 = hundred million vehicle miles predicted to occur over the highway segment in the 10th year from the analysis year, divided by the hundred million vehicle miles predicted to occur over the affected highway system in the 10th year from the analysis year.

Trans 210.06(2)(d)(d) The calculation of the traffic flow measure score shall be based on each proposed major highway project’s traffic flow points relative to the proposed major highway project with the highest number of traffic flow points. The following formula shall be used to determine the traffic flow measure score:

Traffic Flow Points = the traffic flow measure points for the proposed major highway project, as computed using procedures in sub. (2)(c).