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FHWA UPDATES. GAMPO ANNUAL WORK SESSION July 29, 2011. Ann-Marie Day Carlos Gonzalez. Livability/Sustainability Efforts. As you update UPWP/TIP/LRTP include strategies that support livability principles As you apply for TIGER Discretionary Grant Available Resources
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FHWA UPDATES GAMPO ANNUAL WORK SESSION July 29, 2011 Ann-Marie Day Carlos Gonzalez
Livability/Sustainability Efforts • As you update UPWP/TIP/LRTP include strategies that support livability principles • As you apply for TIGER Discretionary Grant • Available Resources • Region 4 Sustainability Partnership (EPA-HUD-DOT) • Partnership for Sustainable Communities http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov • Livability Efforts/Projects to Highlight
LRTP/TIP CONSISTENCY • 23 CFR 450.324 • The TIP shall include only projects that are consistent with the transportation plan • Fiscal Constraint of the LRTP/TIP • Inconsistencies between TIP and Plan • Showing Total Project Costs in TIP • Examples
Regulatory Reference 23 CFR 450.324 • (c) TIP shall include capital & non-capital transportation projects (or phases of projects) • (e) TIP shall include an estimated total project cost, which may extend beyond the four years of the TIP • (g) The TIP shall include only projects that are consistent with the transportation plan • (h) TIP shall include a financial plan • (i) The TIP shall include a project, or a phase of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available
Take Home Message • Ensuring TIP/Plan consistency • Project listings in TIP must be consistent in the Plan • Adopted resolution should reflect TIP/Plan consistency • Include total project cost with authorized phases • TIP/Plan & NEPA • Project(s) must be in the MPO’s fiscally constraint Plan and TIP prior to FHWA approval of ROD, FONSI, or CE • Conformity Requirements
Questions? Contact Information Ann-Marie Day (404) 562-3639 Ann-Marie.Day@dot.gov Carlos Gonzalez (404) 562-3690 Carlos.A.Gonzalez@dot.gov Cornelius Davis (404) 562-3913 Cornelius.Davis@dot.gov