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Fiscal Years 2017/18 - 2021/22 Effective 10/01/17 - 09/30/18 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2017/18 – 2021/22 Adopted Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization 601 East Kennedy, 18th Floor Tampa, FL 33602-5117 Phone: (813) 272-5940 Fax: (813) 272-6258 Internet address: www.hillsboroughmpo.org Adopted: June 13, 2017 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr., MPO Chairman Councilman Harry Cohen, Vice-Chair Hillsborough County City of Tampa Paul Anderson, Port Director Commissioner Pat Kemp Tampa Port Authority Hillsborough County Vice Mayor Bob Boss Wallace Bowers City of Temple Terrace Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) Trent Green Commissioner Ken Hagan The Planning Commission Hillsborough County Commissioner Rick Lott Joe Lopano, Executive Director City of Plant City Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Commissioner Sandra Murman Councilman Luis Viera Hillsborough County City of Tampa Councilman Guido Maniscalco Joseph Waggoner, Executive Director City of Tampa Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Commissioner Stacy R. White Cindy Stuart Hillsborough County Hillsborough County School Board MPO Staff Representatives Beth Alden, AICP Cameron Clark, Esq. Wanda West Executive Director MPO Attorney MPO Administrative Assistant HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2016/17 – 2020/21 PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH June 13, 2017 The preparation of this report has been financed in part through grant(s) from the FHWA and FTA, USDOT, under the State Planning and Research Program, Section 505 or Metropolitan Planning Program, Section 104(f) of Title 23, US Code. The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of the USDOT The MPO does not discriminate in any of its programs or services. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Learn more about our commitment to non-discrimination. (this page left blank) FY 2017/18 – 2021/22 TIP (this page left blank) ii FY 2017/18 – 2021/22 TIP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................... 1 Table 2 - Hillsborough MPO List of Priority Projects – Candidates for New Funding .............................................................. 21 Purpose .................................................................................. 1 Project Listings for Fiscal Years 17/18 – 21/22 .................... 28 Fiscally Constrained Financial Plan ........................................ 1 LRTP Project References ...................................................... 28 Long Range Transportation Plan Context .............................. 2 Table 3- Summary of Federal, State and Local Revenues .... 30 HART Transit Funding Assumptions ....................................... 3 Section 1 - FDOT Projects ................................................ 1 Public Involvement ................................................................ 4 Section 2 - Hillsborough County Projects .................... 2-1 Consistency with Other Plans ................................................ 6 Section 3 - Temple Terrace Projects ............................ 3-1 Project Highlights ................................................................... 6 Section 4 - Plant City Projects ...................................... 4-1 Regional Priorities .................................................................. 7 Section 5 - City of Tampa Projects ............................... 5-1 TIP/STIP Relationship ............................................................. 8 Section 6 - Hillsborough Aviation Authority Projects .. 6-1 Federally Funded Projects from Previous Year ...................... 8 Section 7 - Transportation Disadvantaged Projects .... 7-1 Certification............................................................................ 8 Section 8 - HART Projects ............................................. 8-1 Congestion Management and Crash Reduction .................... 9 Section 9 - Expressway Authority Projects .................. 9-1 Transportation Disadvantage Service Plan ............................ 9 Section 10 - Tampa Port Authority Projects ................ 10-1 Communities of Concern and the FDOT Work Program ....... 9 Appendix A- Project Highlights ................................................. 1 Hillsborough MPO Safety Measures .................................... 11 Appendix B - Fund Codes and Descriptions .............................. 1 MPO Priorities: Project Evaluation and Selection Process .. 15 Table 1- Hillsborough MPO List of Priority Projects – Existing Appendix C - Amendments ....................................................... 1 Priorities Funded for Construction .................................. 18 Appendix D – Analysis & Response to Public Comments ......... 1 iii FY 2017/18 – 2021/22 TIP (this page left blank) iv FY 2017/18 – 2021/22 TIP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) ETDM (Efficient Transportation Decision Making) Calls on public transit systems to make their services more fully A State of Florida initiative pursuant to the “Streamlining” accessible, as well as to underwrite a parallel network of provisions contained within the Transportation Equity Act for the paratransit services as federal civil rights legislation for disabled 21st Century (TEA-21) that creates provisions for early and full persons passed in 1990. participation in determining the socio-cultural and environmental impacts of a project. CAC (Citizens Advisory Committee) A county-wide representation of citizen volunteers who provide FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) input on proposed transportation plans and programs making The agency granted the legislative authority to develop and recommendations to the MPO. maintain state transportation facilities and services. CCC (West Central Florida Chairs Coordinating FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) Committee) The federal agency that develops regulations, policies and Composed of the chair of the six member MPOS, the FDOT District guidelines to achieve safety, access, economic development, and 1 and 7 secretaries, and the areas Regional Planning Councils, this other goals of FHWA programs through construction and group develops regional solutions to transportation problems and improvement of the nation’s transportation infrastructure and to ensure a consistent regional planning approach among the six highway system. MPOs. v FY 2017/18 – 2021/22 TIP FTA (Federal Transit Administration) terminals, passenger rail and intercity bus terminals, rail corridors, The federal agency that develops policy on public transit issues waterways and highways. and allocates capital and operating funds for public transit STP (Surface Transportation Program) projects. One of the key funding programs in FAST Act, STP monies are FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) flexible, meaning they can be spent on mass transit, pedestrian Federal legislation that provides funding for surface transportation and bicycle facilities, as well as on roads and highways. programs for fiscal years 2016 through 2020. TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) A county-wide representation of local and state planners, MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) engineers, air quality officials, and transit operators who provide An agency created under federal and state law to provide a forum technical input regarding transportation plans and programs and for cooperative decision-making in regard to regional make recommendations to the MPO. transportation issues. Membership includes elected and TBARTA (Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation appointed officials representing local jurisdictions and transportation agencies. Authority) The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority was NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) created as an agency of the state on July 1, 2007 to plan, develop, Legislation that requires federal agencies to integrate finance, construct, own, purchase, operate, maintain, relocate, environmental values into their decision making processes by equip, repair, and manage multimodal systems in Citrus, considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota and reasonable alternatives to those actions. Counties. The authority’s purpose is to improve mobility and expand multimodal transportation options for passengers and SIS (Strategic Intermodal System) freight throughout the seven-county region. A statewide network of high-priority transportation facilities, including the state’s largest and most significant commercial service airports, spaceport, deepwater seaports, freight rail vi FY 2017/18 – 2021/22 TIP TIP (Transportation Improvement Program) automatically a TMA, which subjects it to additional planning The primary 5-year spending plan of state and federal revenues requirements but also entitles it to funds earmarked for large anticipated to be allocated to the urban area as well as major urbanized areas under the Surface Transportation Program. transportation projects of all types. YOE (Year of Expenditure) TMA (Transportation Management Area) All