Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: 2022 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE:
A. PROGRAMMING of up to $60,514,000 in Regional Transportation Improvement Program funds to the proposed projects and the program amendments shown in Attachment A; and
B. SUBMITTAL of the 2022 Los Angeles County Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) to the California Transportation Commission (CTC).
Issue
ISSUE
In August 2021, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2022?State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Fund Estimate, which?provides new funding capacity over the five-year STIP period from Fiscal Year (FY)?2023 through FY 2027.? As such,?Metro?is charged with preparing and managing the Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP) for Los Angeles County. The RTIP must be adopted by the Board prior to the December 15, 2021 RTIP submittal deadline to the CTC to program funds in the 2022 STIP.
Background
BACKGROUND
The STIP is a five-year capital improvement program of transportation projects that is?updated every two years (the last STIP was adopted by the CTC in March 2020).? The STIP contains two portions. The first portion, the RTIP, accounts for 75% of the total STIP and is programmed by County Transportation Commissions, such as?Metro.? The second portion is the Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP), which?consists of the remaining 25% of the STIP and is developed by Caltrans.? The CTC adopted STIP Fund Estimate identifies available RTIP funding shares by each county of California for programming over the five-year STIP period. The RTIP portion is the subject of the recommendations of this report.?
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Metro staff proposes to request RTIP funding?of a total of?$53,830,000 for Mobility Improvement Projects (MIPs), previously approved by the Board?...
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