SELECTION CRITERIA

Subpart 1. Basis. A state-aid route must be selected on the basis of all criteria in either subpart 2 or 3. Subp. 2. County state-aid highway. A county state-aid highway may be selected if it: A. is projected to carry a relatively heavier traffic volume or is functionally classified as collector or arterial as identified on the county's functional classification plan; B. connects towns, communities, shipping points, and markets within a county or in adjacent counties; provides access to rural churches, schools, community meeting halls, industrial areas, state institutions, and recreational areas; or, serves as a principal rural mail route and school bus route; and C. provides an integrated and coordinated highway system affording, within practical limits, a state-aid highway network consistent with projected traffic demands. Subp. 3. Municipal state-aid street. A municipal state-aid street may be selected if it: A. is projected to carry a relatively heavier traffic volume or is functionally classified as collector or arterial as identified on the urban municipality's functional classification plan; B. connects the points of major traffic interest, parks, parkways, or recreational areas within an urban municipality; and C. provides an integrated street system affording, within practical limits, a state-aid street network consistent with projected traffic demands.