Fiscal Years 2016 – 2019 Transportation Improvement Program
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FISCAL YEARS 2016 – 2019 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ADOPTED APRIL 9, 2015 The preparation of this document was financed cooperatively by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, the State of Ohio Department of Transportation, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the State of Indiana Department of Transportation and local units of government within the OKI region. The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed in this document are those of the author and not necessarily those of the United States Department of Transportation. This report does not constitute a standard, specification or regulation. ABSTRACT TITLE: OKI Fiscal Years 2016–2019 Transportation Improvement Program DATE: April 9, 2015 AUTHOR: Mark R. Paine STAFF: Alexandria Barnes Regina Brock Summer Jones Timothy M. Maltry Andrew J. Reser, AICP David T. Shuey, GISP Karen Whitaker AGENCY: The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Greater Cincinnati area. OKI works on an array of regional issues related to transportation planning, commuter services, and air and water quality. Mark R. Policinski, Executive Director Robert Koehler, Deputy Executive Director REPORT ABSTRACT: The preparation of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a requirement in order to qualify the region for continuing eligibility for federal highway and transit funding assistance. The TIP is a program of publicly funded transportation improvements for the OKI region. Although OKI produces the TIP on a biennial basis, each edition covers a period of four years. Along with an overview of the transportation planning process through which projects are generated, the TIP provides a list, by county, of all federally assisted highway and transit improvements that are contemplated by municipal, county or state governments or transit authorities. Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments 720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Telephone: 513/621-6300 Fax: 513/621-9325 Website: www.oki.org TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW 1-1 Agency Organization ........................................................................................... 1-1 Metropolitan Transportation Plan ......................................................................... 1-1 Transportation System Management .................................................................... 1-3 Transportation Improvement Program.................................................................. 1-4 Prioritization ....................................................................................................... 1-6 Transportation Performance Management ............................................................. 1-7 CHAPTER 2: AIR QUALITY 2-1 Air Quality .......................................................................................................... 2-1 CHAPTER 3: FINANCIAL 3-1 Fiscal Constraint for Federal Funds Allocated to OKI Region .................................. 3-1 Ohio STIP Fiscal Constraint Table .................................................................. 3-2 Kentucky Sub-Allocated Funds Table ............................................................. 3-4 Indiana Sub-Allocated Funds Table ............................................................... 3-5 Fiscal Constraint for Federal Funds Allocated to the States .................................... 3-6 Ohio Fiscal Constraint Table .......................................................................... 3-7 Kentucky Fiscal Constraint Table ................................................................... 3-8 Indiana Fiscal Constraint Table ..................................................................... 3-9 Fiscal Constraint for Funds Allocated to Transit Agencies ..................................... 3-10 Cincinnati Urbanized Area Transit Fiscal Constraint Table ............................. 3-11 CHAPTER 4: PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 4-1 Title VI/Public Involvement .................................................................................. 4-1 CHAPTER 5: AMENDMENT/MODIFICATIONS 5-1 TIP Amendments/Administrative Modifications ...................................................... 5-1 CHAPTER 6: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 6-1 Project Implementation and List of Abbreviations in TIP ........................................ 6-1 Projects Implemented or Deleted By State Ohio ............................................................................................................ 6-3 Kentucky ..................................................................................................... 6-7 Indiana ....................................................................................................... 6-9 CHAPTER 7: GROUPED PROJECTS (Line Items) 7-1 Indiana ....................................................................................................... 7-3 Kentucky ..................................................................................................... 7-3 Ohio ............................................................................................................ 7-4 CHAPTER 8: CURRENT HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN OKI REGION Ohio—Butler County ..............................................................................BUT 8-1 Ohio – Clermont County ........................................................................ CLE 8-1 Ohio – Hamilton County ....................................................................... HAM 8-1 Ohio – Warren County .......................................................................... WAR 8-1 Kentucky – Boone County ..................................................................... BOO 8-1 Kentucky – Campbell County ................................................................ CAM 8-1 Kentucky – Kenton County .................................................................... KEN 8-1 Indiana – Dearborn County................................................................... DEA 8-1 Bicycle/Pedestrian Cost Components of Highway Projects ....................... BIKE 8-1 CHAPTER 9: TRANSIT PROJECTS Butler County RTA ...............................................................................BCRTA-1 Clermont Transportation Connection ......................................................... CTC-1 Middletown Transit System ...................................................................... MTS-1 Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority ........................................... SORTA-1 Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky ................................................... TANK-1 Warren County Transit .......................................................................... WCTS-1 APPENDIX A: PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT/ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Public Hearing ................................................................................................... A-1 OKI Environmental Justice Compliance ................................................................ A-1 APPENDIX B: CRITERIA & PROCESS TO EVALUATE/PRIORITIZE STP/TA Prioritization Process and Ranking Process ................................................B-1 APPENDIX C: GROUPED PROJECTS (LINE ITEMS) DETAILS FY 2016-2019 Grouped Projects Detailed Information .......................................... C-1 APPENDIX D: AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS & LETTERS OF CONCURRENCE CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW Agency Organization The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) is the planning agency designated as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the greater Cincinnati area. Although OKI currently maintains an interdisciplinary staff dealing with planning issues in the environmental and regional development sectors, among others, the agency was initially formed to assist the region in meeting the “continuing, comprehensive and cooperative” transportation planning requirements of the 1962 Federal-Aid Highway Act. The OKI region is composed of eight counties in three states: Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County in Indiana. OKI is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of approximately 118 members representing elected officials from each member county, cities over 5,000 persons, county planning agencies, residents, transportation/transit agencies, townships over 40,000, associations representing townships under 40,000 and other elected or responsible persons. The Board of Directors meets on a quarterly basis. An Executive Committee of approximately 40 members of the Board meets monthly to review and direct the activity of the staff. The Intermodal Coordinating Committee (ICC) meets on a monthly basis and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee. The ICC is composed of 76 members representing local governments and other area organizations whose position and experience enable them to assist the Board of Directors/Executive Committee in the evaluation of the technical aspects of transportation and regional planning. The Prioritization Subcommittee of the ICC, which meets on an as needed basis, deals with all aspects of the preparation, maintenance and amendment of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), including ensuring the precepts of Transportation System Management (TSM) are applied in the process of short range planning—especially in the development of projects included in the TIP. The Prioritization Subcommittee