Sec. 42003. State freight plans
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Chapter 54 of subtitle III of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 42002), is amended by adding at the end the following: Each State shall develop a freight plan that provides a comprehensive plan for the immediate and long-range planning activities and investments of the State with respect to freight. A freight plan described in subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum— an identification of significant freight system trends, needs, and issues with respect to the State; a description of the freight policies, strategies, and performance measures that will guide the freight-related transportation investment decisions of the State; when applicable, a listing of critical rural and urban freight corridors designated within the State under section 5403 of this title or section 167 of title 23; a description of how the plan will improve the ability of the State to meet the national freight goals established under section 5402(b) of this title and section 150(b) of title 23; a description of how innovative technologies and operational strategies, including freight intelligent transportation systems, that improve the safety and efficiency of freight movement, were considered; in the case of roadways on which travel by heavy vehicles (including mining, agricultural, energy cargo or equipment, and timber vehicles) is projected to substantially deteriorate the condition of roadways, a description of improvements that may be required to reduce or impede the deterioration; an inventory of facilities with freight mobility issues, such as bottlenecks, within the State, and where the facilities are State owned or operated, a description of the strategies the State is employing to address those freight mobility issues; consideration of any significant congestion or delay caused by freight movements and any strategies to mitigate that congestion or delay; and a freight investment plan that, subject to subsection (c)(2), includes a list of priority projects and describes how funds made available to carry out section 167 of title 23 would be invested and matched. A State freight plan described in subsection
(a)may be developed separately from or incorporated into the statewide strategic long-range transportation plan required by section 135 of title 23. The freight investment plan component of a freight plan shall include a project, or an identified phase of a project, only if funding for completion of the project can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period identified in the freight investment plan. The freight plan shall address a 5-year forecast period. A State shall update the freight plan not less frequently than once every 5 years. A State may update the freight investment plan more frequently than is required under paragraph (1). .