Consensus has not been achieved on what shape or form additional cities can enter into this process. Lowering the current ten million dollar project eligibility threshold has been proposed, but a consensus has not been reached. The BRCT has developed a draft report of its final recommendations. The draft report includes 17 recommendations, an early action strategy in order to address immediate transportation problems, a benchmark list, and a tool kit for achieving efficiencies. The recommendations focus on the need for revenues, efficiencies, and revenue distribution.
Several recommendations focus on efficiencies.
They include linking funding to efficiencies, providing incentives for construction and project delivery, permit reform and reengineering the workplace. This includes adopting a regional distribution mechanism for new transportation funds. The proposed tool box addresses common data reporting, construction efficiencies, permit reform, and calls for the creation of one-stop grant funding centers. The Transportation Commission has recently submitted its budget proposal to the Governor. The Governor's office is requesting further reductions due to lower than forecasted transportation revenues and the general fund crunch that has occurred due to the passage of the education initiatives and rising health care costs.