112 STAT. 176 PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 "(2) CONTENTS. — The transportation improvement program shall include— "(A) a priority list of proposed federally supported projects and strategies to be carried out within each 3- year period after the initial adoption of the transportation improvement program; and "(B) a financial plan that— "(i) demonstrates how the transportation improvement program can be implemented; "(ii) indicates resources from public and private sources that are reasonably expected to be available to carry out the program; "(iii) identifies innovative financing techniques to finance projects, programs, and strategies; and "(iv) may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the approved transportation improvement program if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were available. "(3) INCLUDED PROJECTS. — "(A) PROJECTS UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND CHAPTER 53 OF TITLE 49. —^A transportation improvement program developed under this subsection for a metropolitan area shall include the projects and strategies within the area that are proposed for funding under this chapter and chapter 53 of title 49. "(B) PROJECTS UNDER CHAPTER 2. — "(i) REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. — Regionally significant projects proposed for funding under chapter 2 shall be identified individually in the transportation improvement program. "(ii) OTHER PROJECTS. —Projects proposed for funding under chapter 2 that are not determined to be regionally significant shall be grouped in 1 line item or identified individually in the transportation improvement program. "(C) CONSISTENCY WITH LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. —Each project shall be consistent with the long-range transportation plan developed under subsection (g) for the area. " (D) REQUIREMENT OF ANTICIPATED FULL FUNDING.— The program shall include a project, or an identified phase of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period contemplated for completion of the project. "(4) NOTICE AND COMMENT.— Before approving a transportation improvement program, a metropolitan planning organization shall, in cooperation with the State and any affected public transit operator, provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of transportation agency employees, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users of public transit, and other interested parties with reasonable notice of and an opportunity to comment on the proposed program. "(5) SELECTION OF PROJECTS. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i)(4) and in addition to the transportation
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