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4 4 Robert Peterson: You are talking about making all two-lane highways into four-lane highways? Mike Stanley: Only on this system. Robert Peterson: How many total miles of roads are there in North Carolina? Mike Stanley: Just under 80,000. Pascale Mittendorf: Regarding the 3,600 miles; the General Assembly would not be in a position to allocate that money? Mike Stanley: There is a provision to change the formula. Jan Grossman: Does the road have to be in this list to be eligible? Mike Stanley: Yes. Finally, we have Federal Aid money from Washington that has to be matched. Typically federal aid would provide 80 percent (for a project) the State provides 20 percent. The State’s match would come from the Highway Trust Fund. Jan Grossman: You can do that even though it is not going toward one of those roads. Mike Stanley: Because it is in the statute. The statute allows for a fund transfer, an administrative take down primarily for NCDOT to manage the program and the Federal aid match. Federal money comes in various core programs. There are also small miscellaneous programs, which make up one percent of our budget. Money is also earmarked for some high priority projects. Nancy Baker: Can you give an example? Mike Stanley: The American Tobacco Trail. Nancy Baker: I don’t see anything about pedestrian or bike trails. Mike Stanley: CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) is used for sidewalks and bike lanes or anything that would have an established benefit for improving air quality. Jan Grossman: Are you showing how the State is dividing it? How do they know what is earmarked? Mike Stanley: When Congress designates earmarks, it works out to six percent and Congress decides what to do with it.