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Fiscal Years 2020/21 – 2024/25 Effective 10/01/2020 – 09/30/2021 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Fiscal Years 2020/21 – 2024/25 Effective 10/01/2020 – 09/30/2021 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020/21 – 2024/25 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 30, 2020 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr., MPO Chairman Hillsborough County Vice Mayor Andy Ross City of Temple Terrace Commissioner Pat Kemp, Vice-Chair Hillsborough County Paul Anderson, Port Director Tampa Port Authority Councilman Joseph Citro City of Tampa Adam Harden Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) Councilman John Dingfelder City of Tampa Michael Maurino The Planning Commission Commissioner Ken Hagan Joe Lopano, Executive Director Hillsborough County Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Mayor Rick Lott Cindy Stuart City of Plant City Hillsborough County School Board Councilman Guido Maniscalco Joseph Waggoner, Executive Director City of Tampa Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Commissioner Kimberly Overman Secretary David Gwynn Hillsborough County Florida Department of Transportation (non-voting advisor) Commissioner Mariella Smith Hillsborough County MPO Staff Representatives Beth Alden, AICP Cameron Clark, Esq. Cheryl Wilkening Executive Director MPO Attorney MPO Administrative Assistant HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020/21 – 2024/25 PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH June 30, 2020 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) Hillsborough MPO FY 2020/21 – 2024/25 TIP AUTHENTICATION The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization, at its meeting of June 30, 2020 and following an advertised public hearing, discussed and approved this Transportation ______________________________________ Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2020/21 – 2024/25 as Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr., Chairman required by 23 U.S.C. 134(j), 49 U.S.C. 5303(j) and Subsection Hillsborough County 339.175 F.S. Metropolitan Planning Organization It is hereby certified that the planning process of the ATTEST: Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization is being carried out in conformance with the provisions of 23 C.F.R. 450.334, 23 U.S.C. 134(k)(5), and 49 U.S.C. 5303(k)(5). _____________________________________ Cheryl Wilkening Metropolitan Planning Organization Secretary Date i Hillsborough MPO FY 2020/21 – 2024/25 TIP (this page left blank) ii Hillsborough MPO FY 2020/21 – 2024/25 TIP TABLE OF CONTENTS Definitions & Acronyms…………………………….……………….…………..v Project Listings for Fiscal Years 19/20 – 23/24 ....................... 26 Introduction…………….. .............................................................. 2 LRTP Project References ......................................................... 26 Purpose……………………… ............................................................ 2 Table 3- Summary of Federal, State and Local Revenues ....... 27 Fiscally Constrained Financial Plan ........................................... 3 Section 1 - FDOT Projects ........................................... 1-1 Long Range Transportation Plan Context ................................. 3 Section 2 - Hillsborough County Projects .................... 2-1 HART Transit Funding Assumptions ......................................... 5 Section 3 - Temple Terrace Projects ........................... 3-1 Public Involvement................................................................... 6 Section 4 - Plant City Projects ..................................... 4-1 Consistency with Other Plans ................................................... 7 Section 5 - City Of Tampa Projects.............................. 5-1 Project Highlights ..................................................................... 8 Section 6 - Hillsborough Aviation Authority Projects .. 6-1 Regional Priorities .................................................................. 11 Section 7 - Transportation Disadvantaged Projects .... 7-1 TIP/STIP Relationship ............................................................. 11 Section 8 - HART Projects ........................................... 8-1 Federally Funded Projects From Previous Year ...................... 11 Section 9 - Expressway Authority Projects ................. 9-1 Certification………………….. ...................................................... 12 Section 10 - Tampa Port Authority Projects ............... 10-1 Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan ........................... 12 Appendix A- Project Highlights ............................................. A-1 Communities of Concern and the FDOT Work Program ......... 13 Appendix B - Fund Codes and Descriptions .......................... B-1 Congestion Management and Crash Reduction ..................... 14 Appendix C – Hillsborough MPO 2019/20 System Performance Report .................................................................................. C-1 Mpo Priorities: Project Evaluation and Selection Process ...... 14 Table 1- Hillsborough MPO List of Priority Projects – Existing Appendix D - Amendments .................................................. D-1 Priorities Funded for Construction ......................................... 16 Appendix E – Analysis & Response to Public Comments ....... E-1 Table 2 - Hillsborough MPO List of Priority Projects – Candidates for New Funding ………………………………………………………………….18 iii Hillsborough MPO FY 2020/21 – 2024/25 TIP (this page left blank) iv Hillsborough MPO FY 2020/21 – 2024/25 TIP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS full participation in determining the socio-cultural and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) environmental impacts of a project. Calls on public transit systems to make their services more fully accessible, as well as to underwrite a parallel network of FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) paratransit services as federal civil rights legislation for disabled The agency granted the legislative authority to develop and persons passed in 1990. maintain state transportation facilities and services. CAC (Citizens Advisory Committee) FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) A county-wide representation of citizen volunteers who provide The federal agency that develops regulations, policies and input on proposed transportation plans and programs making guidelines to achieve safety, access, economic development, recommendations to the MPO. and other goals of FHWA programs through construction and improvement of the nation’s transportation infrastructure and CCC (MPO Chairs Coordinating Committee) highway system. Composed of the chair of the six-member MPOs, the FDOT District 1 and 7 secretaries, and the areas Regional Planning FTA (Federal Transit Administration) Councils, this group develops regional solutions to The federal agency that develops policy on public transit issues transportation problems and to ensure a consistent regional and allocates capital and operating funds for public transit planning approach among the six MPOs. projects. ETDM (Efficient Transportation Decision Making) FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) A State of Florida initiative pursuant to the “Streamlining” Federal legislation that provides funding for surface provisions contained within the Transportation Equity Act for transportation programs for fiscal years 2016 through 2020. the 21st Century (TEA-21) that creates provisions for early and v Hillsborough MPO FY 2020/21 – 2024/25 TIP MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) An agency created under federal and state law to provide a A county-wide representation of local and state planners, forum for cooperative decision-making in regard to regional engineers, air quality officials, and transit operators who transportation issues. Membership includes elected and provide technical input regarding transportation plans and appointed officials representing local jurisdictions and programs and make recommendations to the MPO. transportation agencies. TBARTA (Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority) NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority was created as Legislation that requires federal agencies to integrate an agency of the state on July 1, 2007 create and implement a environmental values into their decision-making processes by regional Transit Development Plan for, Hernando, Hillsborough, considering the environmental impacts of their proposed Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties. The authority’s purpose actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. is to improve mobility and expand multimodal transportation options for passengers and freight throughout the region. SIS (Strategic Intermodal System) A statewide network of high-priority transportation facilities, TIP (Transportation
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