Transportation Project Process: From Concept to Completion Kate Daniel, TPO Staff October 8, 2015

Transportation Project Process:

From Concept to Completion

Kate Daniel, TPO StaffOctober 8, 2015

Role of Transportation Planning Organizations

•Manage “3C” Planning Process: Continuous, Comprehensive, Cooperative

•Conduct planning that is open, public, and inclusive

•Required work product:▫Long Range Transportation Plan▫Transportation Improvement Program▫Unified Planning Work Program▫Participation Plan▫Congestion Management Process

How does a transportation project move from concept to

completion?

Long Range Transportatio

n Plan

Project Priorities

FDOT Work Program

Transportation

Improvement Plan

Long Range Transportatio

n Plan

Project Priorities

FDOT Work Program

Transportation

Improvement Plan

Long Range Transportation Plan•Goals and Objectives•Conduct Analysis•Identify Needs•Evaluate Alternatives•Adopt Cost-Feasible Scenario

Long Range Transportatio

n Plan

Project Priorities

FDOT Work Program

Transportation

Improvement Plan

Project Priorities

•Projects drawn from Long Range Transportation Plan

•Based on project selection criteria•FDOT considers the priorities when

developing the work program

Long Range Transportatio

n Plan

Project Priorities

FDOT Work Program

Transportation

Improvement Plan

FDOT Work Program

•Project Development and Environmental (PD&E)

•Design•Right of Way / Land Acquisition•Construction

Long Range Transportatio

n Plan

Project Priorities

FDOT Work Program

Transportation

Improvement Plan

Transportation Improvement Program

•Staged, multi-year, intermodal program of prioritized transportation initiatives▫Five-year program, updated annually▫Reflects public and stakeholder

involvement▫Fiscally constrained▫Performance-based

•If a project is not listed in the TIP, it cannot receive Federal funds

Typical Progression of Project Phases

•Project Development and Environmental (PD&E)▫Years 0-2

•Design▫Years 2-4

•Right of Way / Land Acquisition▫Years 4-6

•Construction▫Years 6-8

What funding is available?

Funding - Federal

• MAP-21• National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)

▫Projects impacting national highway system• Surface Transportation Program (STP)

▫Used for all phases of road projects – very flexible• Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)

▫Competitive process established by the TPO• Federal Transit Funds

▫Formula-based▫Discretionary

Funding – State

•Strategic Intermodal System (SIS)•Transportation Regional Incentive

Program (TRIP)•Transit Funding•Safety Infrastructure funding•Other Arterial Program•County Incentive Grant Program•Small County Program

Funding – Local

•Constitutional and Legislative motor fuel taxes

•Local Option Fuel Taxes•Discretionary sales surtax•Local transportation-related fees•General revenue

Questions?

Kate DanielTPO Staff

Kate.Daniel@wfrpc.org(850) 332-7976 x 245