Infrastructure Funding & Planning
Overview
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Federal Funding Information for Applicants
Ohio Transportation Leadership Forum Presentations
Contact Information
Infrastructure and Environmental Project Funding Available through MORPC
Infrastructure and Environmental Project Funding Available through MORPC - A table of funding programs available through MORPC, with each program's issuing agency, funding source/type, eligible projects, deadline/funds available each cycle, eligible applicants, and MORPC contact person.
Funding Programs with MORPC Involvement
- Federal Funding
- Maximizing Mobility: Surface Transportation Program (STP)
- Environmental Stewardship
- Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program
- Transportation Enhancement (TE) Activities
- Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) Infrastructure Funding
- State Capital Improvement Program (SCIP)
- Local Transportation Improvement Program (LTIP)
- Small Government Commission
- Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program - Open Space and Watershed Conservation
- Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund - Brownfield Grant Program
- Ohio Job Ready Sites (JRS) Program
Committees
All funding programs through MORPC are overseen by committees of transportation and infrastructure professionals representing local governments, agencies, and nonprofit organizations. MORPC engineers and planners staff these committees.
- Federal Funding Committee (FFC)
- Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program, and Transportation Enhancement (TE) Activities
- District 3 Public Works Integrating Committee (DPWIC)
- Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) Infrastructure Funding
- Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund - Brownfield Grant Program (involvement limited to project prioritization)
- Ohio Job Ready Sites (JRS) Program (involvement limited to project prioritization)
- District 3 Natural Resources Assistance Council (NRAC)
- Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program - Open Space and Watershed Conservation
District 3 refers to the Ohio Public Works Commission's District 3, which is coterminous with Franklin County.
Service Areas
Federal Funding for Transportation Projects and Programs via MORPC is available to jurisdictions within MORPC's transportation planning area: all jurisdictions in Franklin County, all jurisdictions in Delaware County, the City of Pataskala and Etna Township in Licking County, and Bloom Township and Violet Township in Fairfield County.
MORPC accepts applications for Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) Infrastructure Funding and the Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program from applicants within Franklin County.
Federal Funding for Transportation Projects and Programs
The 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) preserves the Metropolitan Planning Organization's role in transportation planning. Federal funding is suballocated from the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration to Ohio's Metropolitan Planning Organizations via ODOT's MPO and Large Cities Capital Program. Every two years, MORPC's Federal Funding Committee (FFC) solicits applications for transportation projects and programs that are located within its transportation planning area. The FFC then determines which applicants will receive these funds.
The federal funding suballocated to MORPC by ODOT comes from three different sources: the Surface Transportation Program (STP), the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program, and the Transportation Enhancements (TE) Program. STP funds can be used for almost any surface transportation project or program. CMAQ funds must be used for projects or programs that will reduce transportation-related pollutants. TE funds must be used for pedestrian, bicycling, beautification, cultural, or historical projects or programs. MORPC uses a single application for all three of these programs.
Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) Infrastructure Funding
The Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) funds infrastructure and transportation-related projects from bond and fuel tax revenue sources. In Franklin County, applicants for this funding in apply to the District 3 Public Works Integrating Committee (DPWIC). Applicants from other counties apply to their respective DPWIC.
Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program and Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund
The Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program funds the purchase of undeveloped land to protect watersheds and preserve open space. In Franklin County, the District 3 Natural Resources Assistance Council (NRAC) accepts and ranks applications.
The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund assists developers with the costs of environmental remediation on brownfield sites. The District 3 Public Works Integrating Committee (DPWIC) has a role in the selection process for projects located in Franklin County.
Ohio Job Ready Sites (JRS) Program
The Ohio Job Ready Sites (JRS) Program funds the development of sites to attract manufacturing, research and development, and "smart" offices. The District 3 Public Works Integrating Committee (DPWIC) has a role in the selection process for projects located in Franklin County.
Ohio Transportation Leadership Forum
March 19, 2008
Presented by MORPC
Hyatt on Capitol Square
Businesses and workers depend on our transportation system to be safe and dependable. However, funding for key transportation projects are dwindling throughout the country. Local, national, and state policy makers and transportation officials met at the Ohio Transportation Leadership Forum to address future transportation infrastructure needs and learn new ways of filling transportation funding gaps.
SPEAKERS:
- Ben Ritchey, Vice President, Transportation, Battelle
- James G. Beasley, P.E., P.S., Director, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
- Brian Pallasch, Managing Director, Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Jack Basso, Chief Operating Officer and Business Development Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- Jack Schenendorf, Vice Chair, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
- Fred Abousleman, Executive Director, National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
- U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich
- Janet Kavinoky, Director of Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Executive Director, Americans For Transportation Mobility, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Anne P. Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Project
Click on a link below to check out their presentations.
Ben Ritchey's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (2MB)
James Beasley's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (1.3MB)
Brian Pallasch's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (1.3MB)
Jack Basso's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (0.7MB)
Jack Schenendorf's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (0.3MB)
Fred Abousleman's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (0.4MB)
Anne Canby's PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (0.6MB)
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
The Transportation Improvement Program for state fiscal years 2008-2011 is a schedule of projects proposed for construction from July 2007 through June 2011. Approximately $1.5 billion in funds will flow to highway, mass transit and bikeway/pedestrian projects over the 4 years. Projects must be included in the TIP to be eligible for federal funding. MORPC's TIP applies to all jurisdictions in Franklin County, all jurisdictions in Delaware County, the City of Pataskala and Etna Township in Licking County, and Bloom Township and Violet Township in Fairfield County.
SFY 2008-2011 TIP
(Adopted May 10, 2007)
Annual Federal Obligation Listing (State Fiscal Year 2007)
In May 2007, the Policy Committee of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) adopted the State Fiscal Year 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The document contains a listing of regionally significant projects and the funding commitments for those projects.
MORPC's Policy Committee has formally adopted resolutions approving changes and additions to projects listed in the TIP since its adoption in May 2007. A list summarizing these projects as amended and the individual resolutions approving these TIP amendments are linked below: Addendum to Project Listing of SFY 2008-2011 TIP 6/14/07: Resolution T-15-07, to amend the state fiscal year (SFY) 2006-2009 and 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) to facilitate Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) bus purchases. 9/20/07: Resolution T-18-07, to amend the state fiscal year (SFY) 2006-2009 and 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) to add thirteen projects and modify two projects. 1/17/08: Resolution T-28-07, amending the state fiscal year (SFY) 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to add six projects and one statewide line item and to modify seven projects. 3/13/08: Resolution T-2-08, amending the state fiscal year (SFY) 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to add nine projects and to modify fourteen projects. |
Final SFY 2008-2011 TIP (8.7MB, entire document, as originally adopted)
Please email comments to tip@morpc.org.
SFY 2006-2009 TIP
(Superseded)
In May 2005, the Policy Committee of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) adopted the State Fiscal Year 2006-2009 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The document contains a listing of regionally significant projects and the funding commitments for those projects.
MORPC's Policy Committee has formally adopted Resolutions approving changes and additions to projects listed in the TIP since its adoption in May 2005. A list summarizing these projects as amended is available here. The individual Resolutions approving these TIP amendments are linked below: 7/21/05: Resolution T-16-05, to modify two projects and add six projects 9/8/05: Resolution T-19-05, to add one project for ODOT 12/8/05: Resolution T-21-05, to modify and add projects, and allocate MORPC-attributable funds 1/12/06: Resolution T-1-06, to modify the "COMBAT" project 2/9/06: Resolution T-4-06, to modify a Franklin County project 3/9/06: Resolution T-5-06, to modify three projects for the City of Delaware, add a Franklin County project, and add a Delaware County project 3/9/06: Resolution T-6-06, to add a MORPC project 5/18/06: Resolution T-10-06, to modify nine projects 6/8/06: Resolution T-11-06, to modify seven projects 6/8/06: Resolution T-12-06, to modify "Principles for Allocation and Management of MORPC-attributable Federal Funding" 9/21/06: Resolution T-16-06, to add twelve projects and modify one 12/14/06: Resolution T-19-06, to add two projects and modify seven 3/08/07: Resolution T-2-07, to add two projects and modify one 3/08/07: Resolution T-5-07, to add or modify four projects 6/14/07: Resolution T-15-07, to amend the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2006-2009 and 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) to facilitate Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) bus purchases |
Prior to adopting the TIP, the Policy Committee approved the listing of projects to receive MORPC-attributable funds. This list is available by clicking here. Projects with any funded phase in SFY 2006-09 were included in the TIP. For more information about MORPC-attributable funds, including the upcoming project selection cycle, click here for more information.
The original TIP document as adopted in May 2005, which does not reflect the amendments described above, is available via the links below.
Full Document including Appendices A through G, 1-3 (11.5 MB)
Project Location Map (11 by 17 format) (2.7 MB) Project Location Map Key
Please email comments to tip@morpc.org.
Annual Federal Obligation Listing FY2007
In an effort to improve the transparency of the expenditure of Federal transportation funds, MORPC publishes a listing of projects using federal funds. This annual listing includes investments in pedestrian walkways, bicycle facilities, COTA transit projects, road widenings and resurfacings, bridge replacements, interstate improvements, signage, grade crossings and more. View the complete FY2007 listing now. For more information, contact Nathaniel Vogt at 614.233.4183.
Federal Funding Information for Applicants
Surface Transportation Program (STP)
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program
Transportation Enhancement (TE) Program
Every two years, MORPC solicits applications for transportation projects and programs that are located within its transportation planning area. During the summer of 2006, MORPC solicited applications for awarding federal funding to projects and programs for State Fiscal Years 2008-13. On February 8, 2007, the MORPC Policy Committee adopted a program of projects (7.3MB) to use this federal funding.
MORPC's Federal Funding Committee recently reviewed the principles and application procedures for these programs. These documents are now available for public review.
Draft
Principles for Managing of MORPC-Attributable Funds
Draft Application
Procedures for MORPC-Attributable Funding Programs (includes Application/Update Form for State Fiscal Years 2010-2017)
Please direct any comments about these documents to Nick Gill - 614.233.4151, Nathaniel Vogt - 614.233.4183, or David Walker - 614.233.4128.
Tentative Process Milestones and Schedule (for 2010 to 2013 TIP cycle)
2008 | |
| May | Project solicitation sent to potential applicants. |
| June 12 | Process adopted by MORPC Policy Committee. |
| June 19 | MORPC to host workshop for applicants from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
| July 31 | Applications and updates due to MORPC by 5:00 p.m. Late applications will not be accepted. One original and one copy of the completed application (including attachments) must be received at: Federal Transportation Funding Coordinator
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
111 Liberty Street, Suite 100
Columbus, Ohio 43215 Applicants must also submit an electronic version of the application in Word or PDF format. Applicants may email files less than 100 megabytes to tip@morpc.org. Applicants may send all electronic files on compact disc to the address above. With electronic submissions, please make clear the location and format of any attachments to the application |
| August | MORPC staff will review the applications and updates for errors and omissions and notify the applicant. An applicant will have one week to respond to requests to correct errors and omissions. Applications will be penalized if the applicants fail to respond. (The Section 8 has more information on penalties.) Staff will apply scoring criteria to the applications for new projects to develop a preliminary project ranking. Staff will review updated applications for previously committed projects to assess progress in project development. Applications, updates, and preliminary rankings will be available to the Federal Funding Committee. |
| Sept. 3 | Applications and aggregate funding requests presented to the Federal Funding Committee at approximately 10 a.m. (following the meeting of MORPC's Transportation Advisory Committee [TAC]). Staff to report on potential issues with regard to schedule or cost estimates. |
| Oct. 1 | Federal Funding Committee will meet at approximately 10 a.m. (following the TAC meeting) to review MORPC staff progress in scoring and ranking the projects. |
| Nov. 5 | Federal Funding Committee will meet at approximately 10 a.m. (following the TAC meeting) to review the staff ranking and make preliminary project selections, award amounts and resolve inconsistencies between funding commitments and the availability of funds. |
| November | Preliminarily selected applicants may be required to schedule ODOT Project Development Process (PDP) training. |
| November | Projects preliminarily chosen will be field reviewed by ODOT utilizing experienced staff from the Environmental, Real Estate, Planning, and Programming sections for project viability, right-of-way, costs, and adherence to SAFETEA-LU criteria for the funding program(s). MORPC reserves the right to conduct additional field reviews if warranted. |
| Dec. 1 | Draft list of MORPC funded projects available for public review and comment. |
2009 | |
| February | MORPC's Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), TAC, and Policy Committee to review, modify and approve project selection. |
| February | The sponsors of projects that are selected as finalists and their consultants may be required to attend a workshop on the PDP and other responsibilities. |
Contact
Wilma Yoder - 614.233.4175
Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) Infrastructure Funding, Clean Ohio Fund, Ohio Job Ready Sites (JRS) Program
Nathaniel Vogt - 614.233.4183
Federal Funding for Transportation Projects and Programs
David Walker - 614.233.4128
