Transportation Improvement Program
The Transportation Improvement Program is a federally-mandated document maintained by the Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO Policy Board that coordinates the scheduling of transportation projects which receive federal funds. [1] The current document spans from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2015.
The TIP is incorporated into the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan, a document tracked by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects in the STIP must first appear in the Virginia Department of Transportation's Six Year Improvement Program.
Purpose
Federal planning for improvements to transportation includes many layers of paperwork to track the status of the hundreds of projects planned for any one given MPO area. If new money becomes available, the changes must be reflected in an MPO’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Any change to the TIP must be accompanied by a public hearing.
Exceptions
Just because a project is listed in the TIP does not mean that the local MPO has endorsed it. For example, the Western Bypass remained in the TIP for years because approximately $47 million had been spent on the preliminary engineering and right-of-way phases of planning. Completed projects, such as the Downtown Transit Center, remain on the TIP until all allocated funds have been spent.
FY12 through FY15
- Route 29 Western Bypass
- Route 29 Corridor Improvements
- Route 29 Long Range Corridor Plan w/ Access Management
Urban Road Projects
- Fontaine Avenue Widening
- McIntire Road Extended (City's portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway}
- Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange
- Jefferson Park Avenue Extended Bridge Replacement
- Downtown Transit Center
- Hillsdale Drive Extension
- Route 29/250 Bypass interchange improvements
- McIntire Road (Right of way and construction for aligning existing road to McIntire Road Extended
Secondary road projects
- Meadowcreek Parkway (County portion)
- Dickerson Road improvements
- Rio Mills Road improvements
- Advance Mills Bridge Replacement
Miscellaneous Projects
Illustrative transportation projects (not scheduled to receive funds)
- Grade separated interchange at Hydraulic Road and US29 (primary)
- Northtown trail (primary)
- Fontaine/Sunset Connector
- Reservoir Road improvements
- Southern Parkway
- Rio Road Intersection improvements
- Old Lynchburg road improvements
- Eastern Connector
- Berkmar Drive Extended
- Planning Study of West Main Corridor
There are also several categories of grouped projects
- Bridge rehabilitation and replacement
- Rail
- Safety/ITS/Operational Improvements
- Transportation enhancements, byways, and non-traditional
- Preventative maintenance and system preservation
- Preventative maintenance for bridges
- Traffic and safety operations
There is also a section set aside for park and ride lots, Charlottesville Area Transit funding, JAUNT funding.
Amendments
The MPO has amended the TIP three times in order to accommodate additional funding that came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the stimulus package.[when?]
External links
References
- ↑ Web. [http://www.tjpdc.org/pdf/TIP/TIP_FY12_FINAL.pdf Fiscal Year 2012 Transportation Improvement Program], Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization, retrieved November 18, 2013.