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Statewide Transportation Improvement Program and STP-DA and TAP Funding
PURPOSE: The Board of Aldermen received information on, and adopted resolutions relating to, the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and Surface Transportation Program-Direct Apportionment (STP-DA) and Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding, during its November 12 and November 19, 2013, meetings. This item follows up on these topics and requests further action from the Board.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jeff Brubaker - 918-7329
INFORMATION: Background agenda items:
* Consent agenda informational item: November 12, 2013 - Link in Attachment B
* Regular item: November 19, 2013 - Link in Attachment C
The Board adopted several resolutions at the November 19, 2013, meeting. In summary, the Board:
* Approved three highway projects to be included in the SPOT process
* Approved four bicycle and pedestrian projects to be included in the SPOT process
* Approved requesting that the MPO transfer STP-DA funding from existing project allocations to the Rogers Road sidewalk project
* Approved a preliminary list of three projects to be considered for STP-DA funding for FY15 and FY16
Since that meeting, the following MPO actions have taken place:
* The MPO Transportation Advisory Committee received SPOT and STP-DA updates at its December 11, 2013, meeting. Residents of S. Greensboro St. provided comments at this meeting in support of a sidewalk on S. Greensboro St.
* The MPO Technical Coordinating Committee (staff-level) met on December 18, 2013, and:
o recommended that the TAC approve list of highway, bicycle and pedestrian, and rail projects for submission to SPOT 3.0.
* The list included the three highway projects approved by the Board of Aldermen - which were already in the SPOT database because they had been submitted for previous prioritizations - plus a list of 17 new highway projects that could be submitt...
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