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Capital Investment Plan FAQs


The Capital Investment Plan (CIP) is ODOT’s long-term strategic approach to identifying and prioritizing potential projects across the state highway system.

The CIP improves transparency, strengthens project development, and aligns investments with statewide transportation goals.

Looking beyond the current funding cycle, allows trade-offs, risks, and costs, to be considered earlier.

The CIP serves as the bridge between long-range policies and short-term budget decisions.

​CIP candidate projects include both federal and state funding. 

The CIP focuses on projects that improve the state highway system including:

  • Preservation work, such as pavement, bridges, and culvert upkeep and repairs. 
  • Safety projects.
  • Biking and walking improvements.
  • Roadway projects, such as interchange and intersections upgrades.

​A selection committee made up of ODOT leadership and external partners review and prioritize a draft project list for consideration by the Oregon Transportation Committee (OTC) and the public. The committee considers:

  • ​Available funding and requirements.
  • Federal performance measures.
  • Geographic balance across Oregon.
  • Freight movement and people who walk, bike and roll.

​The committee evaluates and scores the projects using the goals set by the OTC as well as a cost range for each candidate project which factors in project risk, location, taxes, and 10 years of estimated inflation. The scores are weighted based on priority as follows: ​

  1. Safety
  2. State of Good Repair
  3. Mobility
  4. Accessibility
  5. Climate and Equity

No. The CIP and the STIP serve different purposes.
  • The CIP is ODOT's tool to identify and prioritize projects on the state highway system.
  • The STIP is the federally required funding program for all of Oregon's transportation system.
​As funding becomes available, the CIP will advance projects into the STIP. By completing more work earlier in the process- such as refining project scope, identifying constraints, and assessing risks, ODOT can make more informed investment decisions.

Not all candidate projects will move forward in the STIP and into construction.