DRAFT Fiscal Years 2019/20 – 2023/24 Effective 10/01/19 – 09/30/20 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2019/20 – 2023/24 Draft DRAFT 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 To be Adopted: June 11, 2019 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr., MPO Chairman Councilman Luis Viera Hillsborough County City of Tampa Commissioner Pat Kemp, Vice-Chair Commissioner Mariella Smith Hillsborough County Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan Paul Anderson, Port Director Hillsborough County Tampa Port Authority Mayor Mel Jurado Trent Green City of Temple Terrace The Planning Commission Councilman Joseph Citro Joe Lopano, Executive Director City of Tampa Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Mayor Rick Lott David Mechanik City of Plant City Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) Councilman Guido Maniscalco Cindy Stuart City of Tampa Hillsborough County School Board Commissioner Kimberly Overman Joseph Waggoner, Executive Director Hillsborough County Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority MPO Staff Representatives Beth Alden, AICP Cameron Clark, Esq. Wanda West Executive Director MPO Attorney MPO Administrative Assistant DRAFT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2019/20 – 2023/24 PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH DRAFT June 11, 2019 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)DRAFT FY 2019/20 – 2023/24 TIP AUTHENTICATION The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization, at its meeting of June 11, 2019, and following an advertised public hearing, discussed and approved this Transportation Improvement ______________________________________ Program for Fiscal Years 2019/20 – 2023/24 as required by 23 Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr., Chairman U.S.C. 134(j), 49 U.S.C. 5303(j) and Subsection 339.175 F.S. Hillsborough County It is hereby certified that the planning process of the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization County Metropolitan Planning Organization is being carried out in conformance with the provisions of 23 C.F.R. 450.334, 23 U.S.C. ATTEST: 134(k)(5), and 49 U.S.C. 5303(k)(5). _____________________________________ ______________________ Wanda West Metropolitan Planning Organization Secretary Date DRAFT i FY 2019/20 – 2023/24 TIP (this page left blank) DRAFT ii FY 2019/20 – 2023/24 TIP TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Listings for Fiscal Years 19/20 – 23/24……………………………. 23 Introduction……………………………………………………………………….……... 1 LRTP Project References…………………………………………………………….. 23 Purpose…………………………………………………………..………………….…….… 1 Table 3- Summary of Federal, State and Local Revenues……………. 25 Fiscally Constrained Financial Plan……………………………………........... 2 Section 1 - FDOT Projects………………………………………………………….. 1-1 Long Range Transportation Plan Context…………………………….……… 2 Section 2 - Hillsborough County Projects ………………………………….. 2-1 HART Transit Funding Assumptions……………………………………………. 4 Section 3 - Temple Terrace Projects………………………………………….. 3-1 Public Involvement…………………………………………………………………….. 5 Section 4 - Plant City Projects……………………………………………………. 4-1 Consistency with Other Plans…………………………………………………….. 6 Section 5 - City Of Tampa Projects…………………………………………….. 5-1 Project Highlights………………………………………………………………….……. 7 Section 6 - Hillsborough Aviation Authority Projects…………………. 6-1 Regional Priorities…………………………………………………………..…..…….. 9 Section 7 - Transportation Disadvantaged Projects…………………… 7-1 TIP/STIP Relationship…………………………………………………………………. 9 Section 8 - HART Projects…………………………………………….……………. 8-1 Federally Funded Projects From Previous Year………………………….. 9 Section 9 - Expressway Authority Projects…………………….…………… 9-1 Certification………………………………………………………………………………. 10 Section 10 - Tampa Port Authority Projects……………………..………. 10-1 Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan……………………………… 10 Appendix A - Project Highlights…………………………………………………..A-1 Communities of ConcernDRAFT and the FDOT Work Program…………….. 10 Appendix B - Fund Codes and Descriptions……………………………….. B-1 Congestion Management and Crash Reduction…………………………. 12 Appendix C – Hillsborough MPO 2019/20 System Performance Report………………………………………………………………….……………………. C-1 Mpo Priorities: Project Evaluation and Selection Process………….. 12 Appendix D – Amendments………………………………………………………. D-1 Table 1- Hillsborough MPO List of Priority Projects – Existing Priorities Funded for Construction…………………………………….…….. 14 Appendix E – Analysis & Response to Public Comments……………. E-1 Table 2 - Hillsborough MPO List of Priority Projects – Candidates for New Funding…………………………………………………………………………... 16 iii FY 2019/20 – 2023/24 TIP (this page left blank)DRAFT iv FY 2019/20 – 2023/24 TIP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS participation in determining the socio-cultural and environmental ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) 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, and recommendations to the MPO. other goals of FHWA programs through construction and improvement of the nation’s transportation infrastructure and CCC (TBARTA MPO Chairs Coordinating Committee) highway system. Composed of the chair of the six-member MPOs, the FDOT District 1 and 7 secretaries,DRAFT and the areas Regional Planning Councils, this FTA (Federal Transit Administration) group develops regional solutions to transportation problems and The federal agency that develops policy on public transit issues to ensure a consistent regional planning approach among the six and allocates capital and operating funds for public transit 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 transportation provisions contained within the Transportation Equity Act for the programs for fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 21st Century (TEA-21) that creates provisions for early and full v FY 2019/20 – 2023/24 TIP MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) An agency created under federal and state law to provide a forum A county-wide representation of local and state planners, for cooperative decision-making in regard to regional engineers, air quality officials, and transit operators who provide transportation issues. Membership includes elected and technical input regarding transportation plans and programs and appointed officials representing local jurisdictions 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 an Legislation that requires federal agencies to integrate 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 actions Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties. The authority’s purpose is and reasonable alternatives to those actions. 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 Improvement Program) including the state’s largest and most significant commercial The primary 5-year spending plan of state and federal revenues service airports, spaceport, deepwater seaports, freight rail anticipated to be allocated to the urban area as well as major terminals, passenger rail and intercity bus terminals, rail corridors, transportation projects of all types. waterways and highways. DRAFTTMA (Transportation Management Area) STP (Surface Transportation Program) Geographic area subject to special requirements under FAST Act. One of the key funding programs in FAST Act, STP monies are An urbanized area with a population of over 200,000 is flexible, meaning they can be spent on mass transit, pedestrian automatically a TMA, which subjects it to additional planning and bicycle facilities,