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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: 2024 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE the programming of up to $216,817,000 in Regional Transportation Improvement Program funds to the proposed projects and the program amendments shown in Attachment A.
Issue
ISSUE
In August 2023, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2024?State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Fund Estimate (FE), which?provides new formula funding capacity over the five-year STIP period from Fiscal Year (FY)?2025 through FY 2029.?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, 2023, RTIP submittal deadline to the CTC to program funds in the 2024 STIP.
Background
BACKGROUND
The STIP is a five-year capital improvement program for transportation projects that is?updated every two years. The CTC adopted the previous STIP in 2022. The STIP contains two portions:
* The Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP) accounts for 25% of the total STIP and is developed by Caltrans.?
* The RTIP accounts for 75% of the total STIP and is developed by County Transportation Commissions, such as?Metro.?
The RTIP is the subject of the recommendations of this report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Relationship to the 2022 STIP
The 2022 STIP FE identified a zero-funding share for the Los Angeles County RTIP but allowed Metro to advance up to $57,061,000 from future Los Angeles County funding shares. The Metro Board approved the 2022 RTIP in November 2021 and the CTC approved the 2022 RTIP in March 2022. The 2022 RTIP advanced a total of $57,034,000 for planning, programming, and monitoring (PPM) and two State Route 710 Mobility Improvement Projects (MIPs) -- the LAC+USC Medical Center Mobility Improvem...
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