TIP/MTP Amendment

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is the mechanism by which federal, state and local funds are approved for all significant surface transportation projects and programs in the region. The FY 2024-2027 TIP comprises the first four years of the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) for the Atlanta region, both of which are adopted in February 2024. As the federally recognized Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for a 20-county region, ARC is responsible for developing and amending/updating the TIP and MTP to meet federal planning requirements and address local needs.

Currently, staff are compiling changes to be considered for Amendment #1 to the FY 2024-2027 TIP and 2050 MTP.

Amendment 1 Purpose

1. To incorporate new projects from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) bridge maintenance program
2. To accommodate financial changes to the GDOT Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP)
3. To implement miscellaneous project financial changes which impact fiscal constraint in order to prepare for closing out fiscal year 2024

All amendments require a conformity determination from the US DOT, in consultation with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This amendment is expected to receive an updated conformity determination by the US DOT and US EPA by late May 2024. The most recent conformity determination was issued by US DOT and US EPA on February 27, 2024.

Through staff analysis and the interagency consultation process, the changes proposed by Amendment 1 were found to have no impact to the region’s air quality conformity analysis or the fiscal constraint of the ARC MTP and 2024-2027 TIP. These findings will be formally documented in Volume III:  Conformity Determination Report of the MTP/TIP document set following final approval of the amendment in May 2024.

Components

• Programming Changes
  • Detailed Project Change List
  • Executive Summary
  • Project Fact Sheets
• Legal Advertisement
  • English
  • En español
• Public Comment
  • Public Comment Report

Timeline

*Notice: The public review and comment period has been extended (from the original closing date of April 12, 2024 to April 19, 2024) to allow for additional time to consider typographical errors associated with project FS-283 / PI 0013717 and CW-078 / PI 0013809 within previous amendment 1 documentation.

All TIP documentation linked above has been updated to correct these errors, which would add $2.7 million in total funding to the current TIP.*

• Public Review and Comment Period – March 29, 2024 to April 19, 2024
• Public Hearing – April 5 (Transportation Coordinating Committee meeting)
• Committee and Board Action:
  • Transportation Coordinating Committee action– May 3, 2024
  • Transportation & Air Quality Committee action – May 8, 2024
  • ARC Board action – May 8, 2024
  • GRTA Board action – May 8, 2024
• Conformity Determination Expected from US DOT – Expected by late May 2024

Public Comments

The public comment period for this amendment is now closed.