Title
2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Amendment and Conformity Determination Report (9:40-10:00)
Lindsay Smart, LPA staff
John Hodges-Copple, TJCOG
Narrative
The FY 2016-2025 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) must be a subset of the 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). In order to maintain this relationship, some MTIP projects will need to be added to the 2040 MTP and several 2040 MTP projects will need to have the air quality threshold year, cost, project length or other data adjusted to match the FY 2016-2025 MTIP. The proposed additions and changes to the 2040 MTP are listed in the attachment. This action is the first amendment to the 2040 MTP.
In addition, federal regulations require the MPO to approve a Conformity Determination Report (CDR) for the amended 2040 MTP and the FY 2016-2025 MTIP. This CDR will be a short form because the MPO is not required to complete a corresponding regional emission analysis. See the attachment for the draft CDR.
The Technical Committee (TC) recommends releasing the 2040 MTP amendment and the CDR for a public comment period that will last through July 31, 2015, and then conducting a public hearing at the Board’s August meeting. This period meets the MPO’s public involvement policy, i.e., 42 days for MTP amendment and 30 days for conformity determination, and provides adequate time for staff to prepare this item for approval at the MPO Board’s September meeting, which ideally will immediately follow MPO adoption of the FY 2016-2015 MTIP.
Recommendation
TC Action: Recommended that the Board release the 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) amendment and the Conformity Determination Report for a public comment period that will last until July 31, 2015.
Board Action
Board Action: Release the 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) amendment and the Conformity Determination Report for a public comment period that will last until July 31, 2015.