Amendments to FY 2016-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Available for Public Comment
SJTPO has two minor TIP Amendments, which will be considered for Policy Board action at their June 12, 2017 meeting. Any interested parties are invited to comment on the proposed amendment. Written comments must be received by 5:00 pm, Friday, June 9, 2017.
- DB# T121: Statewide Physical Plant Program.
The Statewide amendment adds $4.201M in SECTION 5307 funds for Engineering/Right-of-Way/Construction (ERC) in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017 in the SJTPO region. A total of $6.788M in SECTION 5307 funds will be added in to the DVRPC region. This is new funding. These funds will be used to replace 259 Non-Revenue Vehicles that have met the federal guidelines for replacement, 100,000 miles or 5 years old.More information available here
- DB# 13323: Statewide Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program.
The Statewide amendment increases National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funding for Engineering/Construction (EC) in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017 by $59M to $81M and Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding for EC in FFY 2017 by $12M to $27M. The additional federal funds will not have a negative impact on the air quality in the region. This project is being funded with federal resources from unexpended money from NJTPA (MPO for 13 northern counties), thus maintaining fiscal constraint.More information available here