2015 UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (UTP) UPDATE

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2015 UNIFIED

TRANSPORTATION

PROGRAM (UTP) UPDATE

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UTP development and public involvement process

Online (Webex) public meeting _Public hearing

Today’s Commission briefing will

highlight key changes proposed

for consideration.

Commission action to approve UTP

Public involvement and comment period (30-day minimum) 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 7 8 Commission briefing on key UTP revisions Public notice Revised Q3 UTP Initial draft exhibit Administration revisions and program category changes Category allocations and categories 3 and 12 changes Final draft exhibit

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Proposed funding adjustments to 2015 UTP

Funding level adjustments based on revised financial forecast

Federal Funding Levels in FY 2015

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_{Federal obligation authority due to assumed MAP-21 extension through September.}

Includes Category 5 CMAQ, Category 7 STP-MM and Category 9 TAP distribution to MPOs.

Fund Transfer Requests

Adjustments to projects and funding allocations.

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_{Includes funding for HGAC Incident Management Program and}

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Allocation to HOU related to HCTRA reimbursement for ROW on previous toll projects

Administrative revisions

Adjustments to projects and funding allocations.

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Proposed project specific program updates

New authorizations & de-authorizations include maintaining $100M of funding on SH 249 in Grimes County and authorizations for fund

transfer requests for HGAC and HCTRA that were noted on the previous slide.

Revisions to projects within previously authorized funding, primarily transfers of funding between fiscal years, include:

 _{Category 2 projects in Austin, Amarillo, Dallas, Houston, Odessa}

and Tyler.

 Category 3 TMF projects in Houston

 _{Category 4 Connectivity projects in Beaumont, Brownwood, Bryan,}

Childress and Dallas

 _{Category 10 CBI projects in Laredo}

 _{Category 12 projects in Austin, Bryan, Dallas, El Paso, Laredo,}

Pharr and Tyler

Administrative amendments to projects and programs are available for viewing online.

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May update schedule

April 16, 2015 Public Meeting

April 17, 2015 Texas Register Posting (for public hearing). Start 30-day comment period

April 30, 2015 9:00 a.m. (CST): Presentation of proposed amendments to Texas Transportation _Commission May 7, 2015 10:00 a.m. (CST): Public Hearing at 118 E. Riverside Drive, Austin, TX

May 18, 2015 4:00 p.m. (CST): Deadline for receipt of comments May 28, 2015 Commission action on UTP updates

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Next steps in May UTP update process

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Public comment period through May 18 at 4:00 p.m.

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Submit online comments and get information at:

http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/utp.html

(or web search: ‘TxDOT UTP’).

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Call: 800-687-8108.

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Public hearing: May 7 at 10:00 a.m.

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118 E. Riverside Dr., Bldg. 118

Austin, TX 78704

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2016 UTP Update Cycle: Spring through Summer 2015

2015 UTP TPP Provides Draft Allocations to Districts/Local Partners Districts/Local Partners Program Known Projects

for All UTP Years by Category Review/ Comment Adjustments UTP Approved by TTC (August) 2016 UTP

FIN provides Cashflow forecast

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10 Year Funding Level ($ Million) % of Total 10 Year UTP Funding 10 Year Funding Level ($ Million) % of Total 10 Year UTP Funding

1 - Preventative Maintenance and Rehabilitation $ 12,163 32% $ 12,094 37%

2 - Metro and Urban Area Corridor Projects $ 2,309 6% $ 1,208 4%

3 - Non-Traditionally Funded Transportation Projects $ 7,420 19% $ 5,038 15%

4 - Statewide Connectivity Corridor Projects $ 522 1% $ - 0%

5 - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement $ 1,621 4% $ 1,599 5%

6 - Structures Replacement and Rehabilitation $ 2,992 8% $ 3,000 9%

7 - Metropolitan Mobility and Rehabilitation $ 3,126 8% $ 2,941 9%

8 - Safety $ 2,100 5% $ 1,855 6%

9 - Transportation Enhancements $ 660 2% $ 479 1%

10 - Supplemental Transportation Projects $ 635 2% $ 562 2%

11 - District Discretionary $ 894 2% $ 628 2%

$ 3,845 10% $ 3,207 10%

Draft FY 2016-2025 UTP

(Pending August Approval)

UTP Categories

Current FY 2015-2024 UTP

(Proposed May Revision)

Preliminary Funding Levels

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2016 UTP Development Timeline

Months April May June July August

Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Host WebEx April 10th Update Projects in DCIS & SharePoint site

QCQA of Project

Programming and Scoring Assemble UTP (Finalize Text and Project listings)

Post Final DRAFT 2016 UTP Public Meeting

Post Texas Register Notice – Start 30 Day Comment Period

Public Hearing

End 30 Day Comment Period Final 2016 UTP Approval by Commission May 29th July 16th July 17-_{August 17}th August 6th August 27th July 10th

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