DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, PE, Director/City Engineer
COUNCIL DISTRICT IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Application for Federal Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the submission of an application to the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) for funding in the amount of $66.8 million from federal funds for the construction of eight projects in the total estimated amount of $83.5 million through the FY 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Program and authorizing the acceptance of federal funds if awarded.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The AAMPO includes all of Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe Counties, and a portion of Kendall County. As part of the AAMPO's planning process, the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is developed cooperatively among the partner agencies to determine the allocation of federal transportation funds for major roadway, highway, bicycle, pedestrian, public transportation, and other projects.
The TIP is a four-year financially constrained list of transportation projects that is approved for federal and state funding by the MPO Transportation Policy Board. The TIP is updated every two years and amended quarterly. The current TIP covers FY 2017-2020 and includes roadway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and other projects. On June 1, 2017, the AAMPO issued a call for projects for the FY 2019-2022 TIP. All governmental entities throughout the AAMPO region may submit projects. Projects may be awarded in full, or partially. Award of project funding is anticipated to be approved by the AAMPO Transportation Policy Board by May 2018.
Projects submitted for funding consideration will be grouped into the following five categories for evaluation purposes:
* Added Capacity Projects - Roadway projects which add through travel lanes for vehicles; these projects are to also include new or replacement bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Road...
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