The proposal is to identify performance criteria to measure mobility, access and safety of the transportation system, to use those criteria to establish minimally acceptable levels of performance and to establish an investment plan that will over time fund improvements to achieve the acceptable level of performance. F. Allow TxDOT to utilize design-build procurement on a limited trial basis. Utilized on a limited basis only, design-build offers the opportunity to complete a project faster, at potentially a lower cost. Construction is able to begin before the design is complete, helping to speed delivery of the product. The TxDOT has defined proposed legislation for this topic.
Overweight trucks perform the greatest damage to our roadway infrastructure.
A single 80,000 lb truck does as much damage as 3000 cars. In a similar fashion as item A under this heading, this proposal would increase the sanctions for vehicles not in compliance with current vehicle code. The reasoning behind this is to decrease the number of violators doing significant damage to the existing infrastructure and to increase the revenue to the State Highway Fund. V. Move the point of collection of motor fuel taxes from the distributor to the terminal rack. Currently there are two separate collection systems for tax on motor fuels in Texas, one for the state tax and one for the federal tax, which is cumbersome and confusing.