MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2026–2030 Transportation Improvement Program:

Approval of the proposed Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendments will add one project and amend one project in the fiscal year (FY) 2026–2030 TIP. No other projects in the TIP will be affected by the proposed Amendments.

The Broward MPO requests approval for Amendments to the FY 2026–2030 TIP. Project details are as follows:

A. FM# 4481021 SFRTA ROLLING STOCK SEFTC TRIP
For over five years, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) has been working to update its aging locomotives and passenger cars. Replacing this rolling stock is critical, as much of the fleet is nearing the end of its useful life, posing risks to system safety and reliability. The total project cost is estimated at $205 million and has been a multi-year collaborative funding effort that includes: a $71.7 million Federal Transit Administration grant awarded in 2023; funding from SFRTA, Broward MPO, Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), Palm Beach MPO; and FDOT-TRIP funds directed by the Southeast Florida Transportation Council.

Phase I of the project budgeted $56 million ($8 million per unit) to purchase seven new locomotives. Due to current economic conditions and Federal requirements, vendor negotiations revealed a price increase closer to $12 million per unit, creating a $28 million shortfall. To bridge this gap, SFRTA’s MPO partners in Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade collaborated on a multi-year funding plan to assist in covering a portion (not all) of the cost increase as follows:

• Broward MPO: $7.5 million (FY 2026)

• Miami-Dade TPO: ~$4.3 million (FY 2028)

• Palm Beach MPO: ~$10 million (FY 2031–32)

This TIP amendment allocates an additional $7.5 million in FY 2026. 

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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is requesting to add the Snake Road Reconstruction - Miccosukee Tribe of Indians project to the FY 2026 - 2030 TIP. Details for the project are presented below.

B. FM# S5004601: SNAKE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION - MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS
The FHWA Tribal Transportation Program team works in consultation with Tribal Governments to achieve transportation planning on Tribal lands. A Tribal Transportation Program Agreement between the United States Department of Transportation and a Tribe provides an understanding that Tribal Governments inherit "all the functions and duties that the Secretary of the Interior would have performed (Chapter 2 of Title 23, USC)." As per this legislation, a major planning effort FHWA has approval authority on, in partnership with a Tribe, is the development of an annual Tribal Transportation Program Transportation Improvement Program (TTPTIP) derived from a list of eligible projects approved under a Tribe's individual TIP. The transportation planning process on Tribal lands as a whole is carried out by the Tribal Government's staff. The TTPTIP only includes funding information from the previous fiscal year (FY 2025) since FHWA does not begin coordinating with Tribal governments until the first quarter of each fiscal year and works through the end of the fiscal year to compile the information for the published TTPTIP.

The project is included in the TIP for FY 2025 and should be included in the Broward MPO's FY 2026-2030 TIP in order to maintain consistency between the Programs. The project is led by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians. Please refer to the project on page six of the State of Florida Tribal Transportation Program Transportation Improvement Program 2025 found in Attachment 1.

For all Amendment details, please see Attachment 2 or visit https://browardmpo.org/core-products/transportation-improvement-program-tip.

No other projects in the TIP will be affected by the proposed Amendments.

The Technical and Citizens' Advisory Committees recommend approval of the proposed TIP Amendments.

MPO staff recommends approval of the proposed TIP Amendments. No other projects in the TIP will be affected by the proposed Amendments.

If you have any questions about this item, please contact Jihong Chen at (954) 876-0066 or chenj@browardmpo.org.