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§ 136-54.8. Submission of secondary roads construction programs to the Boards of County Commis- sioners. l a~ The Department of Transportation shall post in the county courthouse a county map showing tentative secondary road paving projects rated according to the priority of each project in accordance with the criteria and standards adopted by the Board of Transportation. The map shall be posted at least two weeks prior to the public meeting, of the county commissioners at which the Department of Transportation representatives are to meet and discuss the proposed secondary road construction program for the county as provided in subsection (c). (b) The Department of Transportation shall provide a notice to the public of the public meeting of the board of county commissioners at which the annual secondary road construction program for the county proposed by the Depart- ment is to be presented to the board and other citizens of the county as provided in subsection (c). The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the county or having a general circulation in the county once a week for two succeeding weeks prior to the meeting. The' notice shall also advise that a county map is posted in the courthouse showing tentative secondary road paving projects rated according to the priority of each project. lc) Representatives ofthe Department of Transportation shall meet with the board of county commissioners at a re~flar or special public meeting of the board of county commissioners for'each county and present to and discuss with the board of county commissioners and other citizens present, the proposed secondary road construction program for the county. The presentation and discussion shall specifically include the priority rating o[' each tentative secondary road paving project included in the proposed construction program, acco,ding to the criteria and standards adopted by the Board of Transporta- tion. At the same meeting after the presentation and discussion of the annual secondary road construction program for the county or at a later meeting, the board of county commissioners may Ii) concur in the construction program as proposed, or iii) take no action, or (iii) make recommendations for deviations in the .proposed constructio,a program, except as to paving projects and the priority of paving projects ['or which the board in order to make recommenda- tions th,' deviations, mast vote to consider the matter at a later public meeting as provided in subsection id). Idl The board of county commissioners may recommend deviations in the paving projects and the priority of paving projects included in the proposed secondary road construction program only at a public meeting after notice to the public that the board will consider making recommendations for deviations in paving projects and the prio~'ity o[' paving projects included in th~ proposed annual secondary road construction program. Notice of the public meeting shall be published by the boa,'d of county commissioners in a newspaper published'in the county or having a general circulation in the county. After discussion by the members o[' the board of county commissioners and com- ments and in£ormation presented by other citizens o[' the county, the board of county commissioners may recommend deviations in the paving projects and in ~.he paving priority o[' secondary road projects included in the proposed secondary road construction program. Any recommendation made by the board ol~county commissioners [bra deviation in the paying pi'ojects or in the p,riority for paving projects in the proposed secondary road construction program shall state the specific reason for each such deviation recommended. (e) The Board of Transportation shall adopt the annual secondary construc- tion program for each county after having given the board of county commis- sioners of each county an opportunity to review the proposed construction program and to make recommendations as provided in this section. The Board of Transportation shall consider such recommendations insofar as they are compatible with its general plans, standards, criteria and available funds, but having due regard to development plans of the county and to the maintenance and improvement needs of all existing roads in the county. However. no consideration shall be given to any recommendation by the board of county commissioners for a deviation in the paving projects or in the priority for paving secondary road projects in the proposedconstruction program that is not made in accordance with subsection (d). (f) The s~condary road construction program adopted by the Board of Transportation shall be followed by the Department of Transportation unless changes are approved by the Board of Transportation and notice of any changes is given the board of county commissioners. The Department of Transportation shall post a copy of the adopted program, including a map showing the secondary road paving projects rated according to the approved priority of each project, at the courthouse, within 10 days of its adoption by the Board oleTransportation. The board of county commissioners may petition the Board &Transportation for review of any changes to which it does not consent and the determination of the Board of Transportation shall be final. Upon request, the most recent seconda~5, road construction programs adopted shall be submitted to any member of the General Assembly. The Department of Transportation shall make the annual construction program for each county available to the newspapers having a general circulation in the county. (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, s. 9; 1981, c. 536.)