Under current law, GS 136-189.11(d)(2)a requires 30% of the specified funds subject to the Transportation Investment Strategy to be used for Regional Impact Projects, and sets out criteria that must be used for selection of those Regional Impact Projects. This act changes the prioritization criteria used in selecting the Regional Impact Projects to require 10% to be based on the rankings identified by the Division Engineers, and 20% to be based on the rankings identified by the Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Rural Transportation Organizations (previously, 30% was based on local input; the remaining 70% based on quantitative criteria is not changed). 

Similarly, current law, GS 136-89.11(d)(3)a, requires 30% of the specified funds subject to the Transportation Investment Strategy to be allocated in equal share to each of the Department of Transportation's divisions to be used for Division Need Projects. This act changes the criteria used for prioritizing the selection of Division Need Projects to require 15% to be based on the rankings identified by the Department's Division Engineers, 35% to be based on the rankings identified by the Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Rural Transportation Planning Organizations (previously, 50% based on local input; the remaining 50% based on quantitative criteria is not changed). 

Makes technical changes to GS 136-189.11(d)(2)a, (3)a, and (4)b to refer to the Department's Division Engineers instead of the Department's Transportation Division Engineers.