SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, has opened the public comment period for the adoption of the FY 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the final amendment to the FY 2020-2023 TIP, and there’s a project in Chelsea as well as numerous county projects on the list.
(See the project list at the bottom of this story.)
Background
SEMCOG will be considering adoption of Southeast Michigan’s next TIP, covering FY 2023 to FY 2026. The TIP is a list of specific projects which implement the policies of the RTP and are recommended by cities, villages, county road agencies, transit providers, and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) over a four-year period. SEMCOG’s Executive Committee makes the final approval of the TIP project list.
The TIP is an implementation tool of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). The RTP is a long-range vision and strategy that directs investment in the regional transportation system. Projects in the FY 2023-2026 TIP must advance the goals and policies adopted in the 2045 RTP. Projects adopted in the FY 2023-2026 TIP are also part of the 2045 RTP.
There are 779 road and transit projects proposed for implementation across over 1,080 phases in the proposed FY Draft 2023-2026 TIP Project List.
The draft FY 2023-2026 TIP narrative document, project map, and other related materials can be found on the SEMCOG TIP webpage.
Additionally, final changes to the current FY 2020-2023 TIP are proposed for projects scheduled for implementation in FY 2022. The 2022 Summer Amendment to the FY 2020-2023 TIP revises eight road, bridge, and traffic safety projects in the FY 2020-2023 TIP:
- Four projects with changes in cost
- Two projects changing year of implementation
- One project additions
- One project deletion
There are a number of proposed cost adjustments to General Program Accounts (GPA), which are used to group smaller, routine projects by type. Federal regulation 23 CFR 450.324 (f) states projects that are not considered to be of appropriate scale for individual identification in a given program year may be grouped by function, work type, and/or geographic area using the applicable classifications under 23 CFR 771.117(c) and (d) and/or 40 CFR part 93. These proposed changes can be found with the other amendment materials on SEMCOG’s website.
Amendment evaluations
The amendment requires all proposed projects undergo a series of evaluations, including identification of financial resources, an air quality conformity analysis, an environmental justice analysis, an environmental sensitivity analysis, an assessment for consistency with the regional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) architecture and Congestion Management Process, and a public comment process.
Project details and evaluation results are available online or by contacting SEMCOG’s Information Center at 313-961-4266.
How to comment
Please address written comments to SEMCOG Information Center, 1001 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226; send faxes to 313-961-4869; call 313-961-4266, or email [email protected]. Comments can also be made during the following in-person meetings, in which the amendment will be considered:
- Transportation Coordinating Council, Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 9:30 a.m., Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), 1001 Woodward Ave., Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226, (register here);
- Executive Committee, Thursday, July 28, 2022, 1 p.m., Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), 1001 Woodward Ave., Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226, (register here).
