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.
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.
*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.*
To comment or for additional information:
• The public comment period will run from March 29 to April 19, 2024. ARC must receive comments prior to midnight on this date to be considered in the
official record of comments.
• There will be an opportunity to present comments verbally at a public hearing taking place during the Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC)
meeting held at the ARC Conference Center on April 5, 2024 at 9:30am. A summary of all comments received during the period and responses to those
comments will be presented to ARC’s technical and policy committees and the ARC Board for their consideration before taking action on the Planning
Amendment.
• Complete details of the proposed changes and opportunities for review and comment are available on the ARC website at
www.atlantaregional.org/amendment or by calling Morgan Bray, (470) 378-1439.
• To comment verbally, call (470) 378-1439 to speak to staff or leave a voice message or send by fax to (470) 423-3581.
• If special assistance in understanding the contents of this amendment is needed, please call ARC at (470) 378-1439.
• To comment in writing, please send to:
John Orr
Manager, Transportation Planning Department
Atlanta Regional Commission
229 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
Fax: (470) 423-3548
E-Mail: transportation@atlantaregional.org
• All other inquiries related to the regional transportation planning process should be sent to transportation@atlantaregional.org or (470) 378-1439.
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