Iowa DOT Prioritization & Scoping Tool

The Iowa DOT is implementing a multi-year initiative to meld data sources together to help support project creation and prioritization for continued development. The current application is their Prioritization & Scoping Tool web application, creating an integrated approach for identifying, scoping and associating potential projects with the DOT’s Highway Candidates List and a prioritization process that supports capital program evaluation. FME has been a critical component in the processing of the DOT’s GIS data for the prioritization algorithm. Developed as a web-based application, the Tool allows DOT staff to propose potential projects and then initiates an FME-based algorithm, which determines the prioritization, complexity, and potential impacts on all currently planned, programmed and scoped projects.