Annual Listing of Highway Projects with Federal Funding Obligated for FY 2019
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Annual Listing of Projects with Federal Funding Obligated for Fiscal Year 2019 Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Two Chatham Center, Suite 500 112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh PA 15219 Phone (412) 391-4490 Fax (412) 391-9160 www.spcregion.org List of Abbreviations and Definitions FAST ACT Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act FHWA Federal Highway Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization MPMS Multi-modal Project Management System One Map PennDOT Public Mapping Application PennDOT Pennsylvania Departmnet of Transportation SPC Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission TIP Transportation Improvement Program Project Funding Codes ARC Appalachian Regional Commission BOF Bridge - Off System BOO, BON Federal Bridge Funds CAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality FFL Slide Emergency HSIP Highway Safety Improvement Program NHPP National Highway Performance Program RRX Surface Transportation - RRX Elimination of Crossing Special Project SFX Special Project - Federal Earmark STP Surface Transportation - Any Area in State STU Surface Transportation - Urban TAP Transportation Alternatives Program TIGER Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (now BUILD) Project Phase Abbreviations CON Construction FD Final Design PE Preliminary Engineering ROW Right of Way UTL Utilities 1 Annual Listing of Federally Obligated Highway Projects October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Annual Listing of Projects with Federal Funding Obligated for Federal Fiscal Year 2019 On December 4th, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) which allocates federal funding for surface transportation programs over fiscal years 2016 through 2020. Per 23 U.S.C. § 134(j)(7)(B) of FAST Act, states and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (such as the SPC) must publish annual lists of projects where federal funds were obligated. Specifically, states and MPOs must produce: “An annual listing of projects, including investments in pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, for which Federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available by the cooperative effort of the State, transit operator, and metropolitan planning organization for public review.” 1 An obligation is the Federal government’s legal commitment to pay the Federal share of a project’s cost. An obligated project is one that has been authorized by the federal agency and for which funds have been committed. Projects for which funds have been obligated are not necessarily initiated or completed in the program year, and the amount of the obligation will not necessarily equal the total cost of the project. For Federal Transit Administration (FTA) projects, obligation occurs when the FTA grant is awarded. For Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) projects, obligation occurs when a project agreement is executed and the State/grantee requests that the funds be obligated. The FAST ACT also dictates that government spending on transportation should be more transparent to State and Local Officials, as well as to the public. As such, the obligated list of projects must be developed through the cooperative efforts of the state, the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and the public transportation operators who are responsible for tracking project authorizations and obligations spend during the immediately preceding fiscal year. To address these requirements, this report lists all FHWA transportation projects in the SPC region that were obligated during Federal Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019). For transit project obligations please see the Listing of Transit Project Obligations FFY 2019 Document. For more information regarding projects listed in this document, please use the MPMS numbers and project descriptions provided below to look up projects on the PennDOT One Map application. For more information, please contact Lillian Gabreski at [email protected]. 1. 23 U.S.C. § 134(j)(7)(B) 2 Annual Listing of Federally Obligated Highway Projects October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Regional Use of Federally Obligated Funds for Federal Fiscal Year 2019 The table on the following page breaks down projects in SPC’s region which were federally obligated in FFY 2019 by federal funding class. The total federal funding obligated to projects during FFY 2019 was $285,586,618, which was nearly $18,000,000 more than the total obligated in FFY 2018. There was $30,959,976 in savings from previously completed projects, also slightly higher than in FFY 2018, which was deobligated from completed projects and obligated to other projects. The majority of obligated funds were for highway/bridge projects (58.6%), followed by urban transportation projects (15.9%). A $19,000,000 TIGER grant to fund the I-579 “Cap” project in the City of Pittsburgh (see “federal discretionary”) made up 6.6% of the total obligated funds in FFY 2019. Other significant projects that obligated funds in FFY 2019 included the PA 356 Truck Climbing Lane in Westmoreland County ($9,000,000), PA 286 from Rustic Lodge Road to the US 422 Interchange in Indiana County ($6,686,000), Butler Bypass in Butler County ($6,649,471), and Kenmawr Bridge in Swissvale in Allegheny County ($5,000,000). A significant number of landslides in the region in 2018 resulted in a substantial increase of projects obligating federal emergency slide funds in FFY 2019 - $9,000,000 more than the $600,000 in slide funds obligated during FFY 2018. Complete funding amounts are provided in the table, and the funding distribution of obligated funds is illustrated in the pie chart. A comprehensive summary report of individual projects and obligation/ deobligation amounts is included beginning on the fifth page. 3 Annual Listing of Federally Obligated Highway Projects October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 TIP Projects Obligated in FY 2019 Click on the fund code for more information 4 Projects by County with Federal Funding Obligated for Fiscal Year 2019 PA DOT MPMS # Project Name Project Description County Phase Fund Cat. Obligated Deobligated (Unless otherwise noted project sponsor is PennDOT) Allegheny County Project Obligations Concrete pavement patching, ultra thin overlay, sealing joints and epoxy overlay (bridge 26614 Liberty Tunnel Interchange preservation) on Liberty Tunnel Interchange on SR 51, SR 3069 in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny PE NHPP -$5,562 Allegheny County. Also included SR 8151 and SR 9402. Bridge Replacement and minor roadway realignment on State Route 8 (Butler Street) 26971 Butler Street Bridge Allegheny CON NHS -$23,999 over Heth Run in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. SR 3026 over Miller Run 27146 SR 3026 over Miller Run South Fayee Township Allegheny UTL BOO -$301 Bridge Replacement Widening to provide four standard lanes, median barrier; grade separation at the 31st ROW STP -$805,457 27179 PA 28 Widen/Troy-31st St Steet Bridge intersecon. Allegheny Troy Hill Road to 31st Street Bridge in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. FD CAQ -$172,311 ROW CAQ -$3,021,000 Widening to provide four standard lanes, median barrier; grade separation at the 31st ROW STP -$2,129,000 27180 PA 28 Widen/31st St-Millvale Steet Bridge and 40th Street Bridge intersecon. Allegheny Located on 31st Street Bridge to Millvale Int. in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. FD CAQ -$2,000,000 ROW STU -$1,891,003 Weyman Run Bridge Replacement and safety improvement on State Route 51 over 27190 Weyman Run Br/Jughandle Allegheny PE STP $0 Weyman Run, in City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. (Sponsor = Allegheny County) Highway reconstruction on Campbell's Run Road from FD STU $658,400 27219 Campbell's Run Road McMichael Road to Keiner's Lane in Robinson and Collier Townships, Allegheny County. Allegheny Widen roadway to 24 feet, and upgrade intersection. ROW STU $3,120,000 Bridge Replacement on State Route 1028 (Culmerville Truss) over B&LE Railroad in West 27292 Culmerville Truss Bridge Allegheny CON BOO -$236,395 Deer Township, Allegheny County. FD BON $1,493 (Sponsor = City of Pittsburgh) Widen roadway and bridge rehabilitation (West Ohio FD STU $52,107 27300 West Ohio St/Ridge Ave Br's. Street RR Bridge) and demolition (Ridge Ave Bridge), both over Norfolk Southern Railroad Allegheny in the North Shore of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. CON STU $700,000 CON BOF $2,300,000 5 PA DOT MPMS # Project Name Project Description County Phase Fund Cat. Obligated Deobligated FD NHPP -$106,851 Bridge rehabilitation - superstructure replacement on SR 4009, Babcock Blvd over Girtys 27394 4009/Babcock Blvd/Girtys Allegheny Run in Shaler Township, Allegheny County. CON NHPP -$85,421 FD BOF $8,000 (Sponsor = City of Pittsburgh) Bridge rehabilitation/ replacement of Second Avenue 27462 McFarren Street Bridge Replacement Allegheny Bridge on Second Avenue over Nine Mile Run, in City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. CON BOF $2,323,929 (Sponsor = City of Pittsburgh) Highway reconstruction on Smithfield Street from Fort Pitt 27493 Smithfield St Reconstruct, Ph 1 Allegheny PE STU $10,000 Boulevard to Sixth Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. (Sponsor = Swissvale/Norfolk Southern) Replacing Kenmawr Bridge on S. Braddock 27543 Kenmawr Bridge over NS RR Allegheny CON NHPP $5,000,000 Avenue over Norfolk Southern RR in Swissvale and Rankin Boroughs, Allegheny County. FD BOO -$2,348 (Sponsor = Allegheny County)