338.001 Florida Intrastate Highway System
Plan. ---
(1) The department shall plan and develop a proposed Florida
Intrastate Highway System Plan which shall delineate a statewide system of
limited access facilities and controlled access facilities. The plan shall
provide a statewide transportation network that allows for high-speed and
high-volume traffic movements within the state. The primary function of the
system is to provide such traffic movements. Access to abutting land is
subordinate to this function, and such access must be prohibited or highly
regulated. The plan shall be consistent with the goals of the Florida
Transportation Plan developed pursuant to s. 339.155.
(2) This system shall consist of the following components of the
State Highway System:
(a) Interstate highways.
(b) The Florida Turnpike System.
(c) Interregional and intercity limited access facilities.
(d) Existing interregional and intercity arterial highways previously
upgraded or upgraded in the future to controlled access facility
standards.
(e) New limited access facilities necessary to complete a balanced
statewide system.
(3) The department shall adhere to the following policy
guidelines in the development of the proposed plan:
(a) Make capacity improvements to existing facilities where feasible
to minimize costs and environmental impacts.
(b) Identify appropriate arterial highways in major transportation
corridors for inclusion in a program to bring these facilities up to
controlled access facility standards.
(c) Coordinate proposed system projects with appropriate limited
access projects undertaken by expressway authorities and local governmental
entities.
(d) Maximize the use of limited access facility standards when
constructing new arterial highways.
(e) Identify appropriate new limited access highways for inclusion as
a part of the Florida Turnpike System.
(f) To the maximum extent feasible, ensure that proposed system
projects are consistent with approved local government comprehensive plans of
the local jurisdictions in which such facilities are to be located and with
the transportation improvement program of any metropolitan planning
organization in which such facilities are to be located.
(4) Projects in the proposed plan are anticipated to be let to
contract for construction within a time period of 20 years. The plan shall
also identify when segments of the system will meet the standards and criteria
developed pursuant to subsection (5).
(5) The department shall establish the standards and criteria for
the functional characteristics and design of facilities proposed as part of
the Florida Intrastate Highway System.
(6) For the purposes of developing the proposed plan, beginning
in fiscal year 1993-1994 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the minimum
amount allocated shall be based on the fiscal year 1992-1993 allocation of
$151.3 million adjusted annually by the change in the Consumer Price Index for
the prior fiscal year compared to the Consumer Price Index for fiscal year
1991-1992. No amounts from the funds dedicated to the Florida Intrastate
Highway System shall be allocated to turnpike projects after the 1993-1994
fiscal year.
(7) Any project to be constructed as part of the Florida
Intrastate Highway System shall be included in the department's adopted work
program. Any Florida Intrastate Highway System projects that are added to or
deleted from the previous adopted work program, or any modification to Florida
Intrastate Highway System projects contained in the previous adopted work
program, shall be specifically identified and submitted as a separate part of
the tentative work program.
(8) A status report on the Florida Intrastate Highway System Plan
shall be annually submitted to the legislative transportation committees no
later than 14 days after the regular legislative session
convenes.
History: s. 2, ch. 90-136; s. 2, ch. 92-152; s. 51, ch. 94-237; s. 44, ch.
95-257.