A Project of National and Regional Significance should quantitatively improve the throughput or provide long term congestion relief for passenger or freight movement for a part of the transportation network and clearly connect this improvement to sustainable economic productivity for the nation or the region in which it is located.
authority: Section 1301 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144);
23 U.S.C. 315;
49 CFR 1.48
source: 73 FR 63370, Oct. 24, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 23 CFR 505.3