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§136-44.7 N.C. Transportation and Highway Laws program shall be adopted by the Board of Transportation before it shall become effective. (b) When a secondary road in a county is listed in the first 10 secondary roads to be paved during a year on a priority list issued by the Department of Transportation under this section, the secondary road cannot be removed from the top 10 of that list or any subsequent list until it is paved. All secondary roads in a county shall be paved, insofar as possible, in the priority order of the list. When a secondary road in the top 10 of that list is removed from the list because it has been paved, the next secondary road on the priority list shall be moved up to the top 10 of that list and shall remain there until it is paved. '~6-44.$. Submission of secondary roads construction programs to the Boards of County Commissioners. (al The Department of Transportation shall post in the county court- house 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 rep- resentatives are to meet and discuss the proposed secondary road con- struction program for the county as provided in subsection (cl. (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 Department is to be presented to the board and other citizens of the county as provided in subsection (cl. 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. (c) R~presentatives oftheDepartment of Transportation shall meet with the board of county commissioners at a regular or special public meeting-of the hoard 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 of each tentative secondary road paving project included in the proposed construction program, according to the criteria and standards adopted by the Board of Transportation. At the same meeting after the presentation and discussion of the i annual secondary road construction program for the county or at a later meeting, the board of county commissioners may (il concur in the ' construction program as proposed, ~r {iii take no action, or ~iii) make recommendations for deviations in the proposed construction program, except as to oaving projects and the priority of paving projects for . which the boa~'d in order to make recommendations for deviations, must i vote to consider the matter at a later public meeting as provided in subsection (d). (d) The board of count2 commissioners may recommend deviations pro jet t~-a ~o- ri t~ o.~ P avl n g~-~Ti~-~ ~sed secondary roaC~ construcuon p_.ru_Egra,- Roads and Highways § 136-44.9 after notice to the public that tb~ board will consider makmg recommen- ~ations-~--"-f~r deviations in paving projects and the priority of pavmg p-~jects included in the proposed ~nnual ~qeondary'r6ad constrh~t;on program, iq atica of the pu6~[~ meeting shall be published by the board off'- COUI~y t't~r~ mi~nar_q in a newsoaper published in the county or having~ a general circulation in the cou6t~. After discussion by tile members -tl~ board of county commissioners and common n ~.sented by other citizens et the county, the board of county commis- sioners recommend deviation~ in' the "~'cts~'ffd in rhe~ board afc --(-~J-The Board of Transportation shall adopt the annual secondary construction program for each county after having ~ven the board of county commissioners of each county an opportunity to review the proposed construction program and to make recommendations as pro- vided 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 devel- opment 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 proposed construction program that is not made in accordance with subsection (d). (0 The secondary 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 Depart- ment 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 of Transportation. The board of county commissioners may petition the Board of 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 secondary road construction programs adopted shall be submitted to any member of the General Assembly. The Department of Transpor- tation shall make the annual construction program for each county available to the newspapers having a general circulation in the county. §13~-44.9. See0ndary roads; annual statements. The Department of Transportation shall, before the end of the calen- dar year, prepare .and tile with the board of county commissioners a statement setting forth l i~ each secondary highway designated by num- ber, located in the county upon which the paving or improvement was made during the calendar year; (ii) the amount expended for improve- ments of each such secondary highway during the calendar year; and (iii) the nature of such improvements. The Department of Transportation, in its annual report, shall report on each secondary road construction