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.

Amendment 3 Purpose

To incorporate federal discretionary grant awards
To program projects awarded funding from the 2024 TIP Solicitation
Addition of new planning studies and new bridge projects
Address project cost estimate and programmatic changes that are of a time sensitive nature or cannot be handled administratively

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 mid September 2024. The most recent conformity determination was issued by US DOT and US EPA on September 11, 2024.

Through staff analysis and the interagency consultation process, the changes proposed by Amendment 3 were found to have 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 February 2025.

Components

Programming Changes
- Detailed Project Change List
- Executive Summary
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- English
- En español
Public Comment
- Public Comment Report

Timeline

Public Review and Comment Period – January 2, 2025 to January 31, 2025
Public Hearing – January 8, 2025 at 1pm (Joint ARC Board/Transportation & Air Quality Committee meeting)
Committee and Board Action:
- Transportation Coordinating Committee – February 7, 2025
- Transportation & Air Quality Committee action – February 12, 2025
- ARC Board action – February 12, 2025
- GRTA Board action – February 19, 2025
Conformity Determination Expected from US DOT – Expected late February 2025/early March 2025

Public Comments

To comment or for additional information:

The public comment period will run from January 2 to January 31, 2025. ARC must receive comments prior to midnight on this date to be considered in the official record of comments.
A public hearing will be taking place during the Joint ARC Board/Transportation and Air Quality Committee (TAQC) meeting
- Location – ARC Conference Center
- Date and Time – January 8, 2025 at 1pm
To submit comments, please visit our Amendment 3 Comment Page
To comment verbally, call (855) 925-2801 and enter project code 10909.
If special assistance in understanding the contents of this amendment is needed, please call Morgan Bray at (470) 378-1439.
To mail a comment, please send to: