DEPARTMENT: Public Works
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S., Director/City Engineer
COUNCIL DISTRICT IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Proposed Projects for the Federal Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
SUMMARY:
An ordinance approving the submission of a grant application to the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) for funding in the total amount of $176,125,974.00 from federal funds for 19 proposed projects and programs in the total estimated amount of $220,157,467.00 with a potential City match of $44,031,493.00 for consideration through the FY 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) 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 these partner agencies to determine the allocation of federal transportation funds.
The Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) has opened program project calls for three separate funding sources as of October 1, 2020, for funding consideration in FY 2023-2026:
* Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG)
* Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
* Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
In this process, federal transportation funds are allocated to major road, street, highway, bicycle, pedestrian, public transportation, and other programs. The implementing agency commits to developing and letting selected projects within one year of the let year in which the projects are initially placed in the Transportation Improvement Program.
The TIP is a four-year financially constrained list of transportation projects 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 2023-2026 and includes roadway, transi...
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