[§279A-2  Statewide transportation plan.]  The state department of transportation shall prepare a new statewide transportation plan and shall submit said plan to the legislature in its 1978 session.  The legislature shall adopt the plan by resolution.  The plan shall be directed toward the ultimate development of a balanced, multi-modal statewide transportation system that serves clearly identified social, economic and environmental objectives.  The statewide transportation plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following system components:  (1) the national system of interstate and defense highways, and highways within the state highway system; (2) airports; (3) harbors and water-borne transit; (4) surface mass transit systems; and (5) major county roads.

     The department of transportation shall pay particular attention to the interfacing of the various modes of transportation.

     The statewide transportation plan shall include projected transportation needs for a six-year period and a schedule of priorities for the construction, modification and maintenance of various segments of the statewide plan which involve either state operated systems or county operated systems which may require state financial assistance for a twenty-year period.  Both the six-year and twenty-year estimates shall be updated annually. [L 1975, c 179, §2]