Criteria for award--Application resubmission

The board of county commissioners shall, at a minimum, consider the following criteria in awarding rural access infrastructure grants: (1) Traffic use of the highway; (2) Public safety; (3) Residential, commercial, recreational, and other uses of the highway; (4) Cost of the project; (5) Length of detour if the project is not completed; (6) Number of residences, farms, and ranches served by the project; (7) Contribution from the township or others to the project and the ability of the township to fund the project without utilizing the rural access infrastructure fund; (8) Confirmation the project is not located on a no maintenance road; (9) Hydrological impact; (10) If the highway does not terminate into a field entrance, driveway, single residence, farm, or ranch; (11) The application, or group of applications, that best serves the citizens of this state; and (12) Any other matters deemed applicable by the board of county commissioners. The decisions of the county commissioners must be final and nonappealable. However, a denied application may be submitted in a subsequent year. Source: SL 2021, ch 129 , § 5, eff. Mar. 25, 2021; SL 2024, ch 106 , § 2.