Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

 

        The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) presents a specific set of projects and activities to be funded in this transportation planning region over the next several years.

Projects in the TIP must come from an approved Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and emerge from the Congestion Management Process identified therein:  In this case, the relevant document is the 2035 RTP. The TIP must be consistent with other transportation plans and programs within the region and it must show conformity with the Colorado State Implementation Plan (SIP) for air quality.  The NFRMPO must provide citizens, public agencies, and other interested parties an opportunity to review and comment on the projects identified in the TIP.

The federal Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act - a Legacy for Users of 2005 (SAFETEA-LU) and several related continuing resolutions require that a TIP include:

• An “agreed to” list of projects and project segments to be carried out within each four-year period after the initial adoption of the TIP.  (Colorado’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program covers a six-year period and includes all projects programmed in the NFRMPO’s TIP.)
• A financial plan that demonstrates how the TIP can be implemented, indicates resources that are reasonably expected to be made available to carry out the plan, and recommends any additional financing strategies for needed projects and programs.
• In air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas, the TIP shall give priority to timely implementation of eligible Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) contained in the approved SIP in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s transportation conformity regulation.

2012-2017 TIP 

A new version of the TIP addressing fiscal years 2012 through 2017 was approved March 3, 2011 by the NFRMPO Planning Council.  The latest amendments of project listings are available through the “Downloads” below, listed as,

“*2012-17 Transportation Improvement Program.”           

       

 

Public Hearing

The North Front Range MPO Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on September 1, 2011 regarding an updated version of the TIP that is to be made consistent with the updated 2035 Regional Transportation Plan.  Through the “Downloads” listed below, both the “Narrative & Policy” section, listed as “*(For Public Hearing) 2011 Draft Revisions to FY2012-1027 TIP Policy” and the table of project listings as revised, listed as “*(For Public Hearing) 2012-17 Transportation Improvement Program” can be accessed.

Call for Projects - Fall 2010 

The process to prepare a 2012-2017 version of the TIP included a “Call for Projects,” which started in September 2010. The “Call for Projects” specifically addressed federal funds expected to be available through the following programs of the Federal Highway Administration: Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality; Surface Transportation – Metropolitan; and Transportation Enhancement Activities. Click here for more information, including two-page summaries about the projects selected for funding in Fiscal Years 2012-2015.

Annual Listing of Federally Obligated Projects – FY 2010

After projects are programmed in the TIP and federal funding becomes available for new ones each fiscal year, one of the next steps involves funding agreements with the Federal Highway Administration or the Federal Transit Administration to obligate the funds for each project. Funds are typically obligated one step at a time for specific phases of highway improvement projects or programs, such as a design, right-of-way, utilities relocation, or construction phase.

 

The list of “Downloads” below includes an Annual Listing of Federally Obligated Projects for Fiscal Year 2010, which contains additional explanatory information. This report includes summaries and pie charts for the same funding programs that appear as sections of the TIP.