Regular 11.
Regular City Council Meeting
- Meeting Date:
- 09/10/2012
- TITLE
- Draft 2012-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
- PRESENTED BY:
- Candi Beaudry
- Department:
- Planning & Community Services
Presentation:
Information
PROBLEM/ISSUE STATEMENT
Federal regulations require that Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) review and update their Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) periodically. The current 2012-16 TIP falls into this category and must be updated to maintain compliance with State and Federal requirements.
The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a short-range program of highway and transit projects in the Billings Metropolitan Planning Organization area and is prepared by Planning Division staff in cooperation with state and local agencies. The purpose of the TIP is to provide the mechanism for scheduling federal funds for surface transportation projects, indicate regional priorities, and demonstrate a short range transportation vision for the area. A secondary purpose of the TIP is to provide information about other transportation projects in the urbanized area that are exempt from the TIP approval process such as projects that do not utilize federal funds.
This TIP is being presented to the Council for review due to cost updates to several projects. The projects listed in the TIP include, The North By-Pass, Bench Boulevard, Equipment Purchase, MET Bus Operating, Safe Routes to School and CTEP. Staff has attached the document for your convenience.
The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a short-range program of highway and transit projects in the Billings Metropolitan Planning Organization area and is prepared by Planning Division staff in cooperation with state and local agencies. The purpose of the TIP is to provide the mechanism for scheduling federal funds for surface transportation projects, indicate regional priorities, and demonstrate a short range transportation vision for the area. A secondary purpose of the TIP is to provide information about other transportation projects in the urbanized area that are exempt from the TIP approval process such as projects that do not utilize federal funds.
This TIP is being presented to the Council for review due to cost updates to several projects. The projects listed in the TIP include, The North By-Pass, Bench Boulevard, Equipment Purchase, MET Bus Operating, Safe Routes to School and CTEP. Staff has attached the document for your convenience.
ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED
The current TIP includes updates of federal funding for several projects in the Billings area. The Council may:
- Recommend approval of the 2012-2016 TIP as drafted in order to continue the implementation of federally funded transportation projects as presented.
- Recommend modifications to the proposed 2012-2016 TIP and present these recommendations to the Policy Coordinating Committee (PCC) for further consideration.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
A range of federal funding sources is available to the Billings Urban Area for the purposes of funding transportation system improvements. A list of those sources is shown in the TIP. There is usually no direct impact to City funds in budgeting for these projects given the federal funding sources.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the 2012-2016 TIP and forward that recommendation to PCC through its designee.