MORPC to Amend 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program to Reflect COTA Changes - MORPC

Transportation

July 29, 2022

Comments due August 26

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) is amending the State Fiscal Year 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to include changes to Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) Section 5307 Program of Projects.

FTA’s Program of Projects is a list of projects proposed by transit agencies or other recipients for Section 5307 funding.

“Funding for Central Ohio Transit Authority and Delaware County Transit are always included in the TIP, because they operate entirely within the MORPC transportation planning area,”

Nathaniel Vogt, MORPC infrastructure development manager

The planning area includes Delaware and Franklin counties; Bloom and Violet townships in Fairfield County; New Albany, Pataskala, and Etna Township in Licking County; and Jerome Township in Union County.

The Section 5307 funding for the following projects has changed. These changes will be reflected on the March 2021 TIP amendment.

Project	TIP ID	ODOT PID	Change
2021-2024 Bus Replacement	3053	99929	Reduce §5307 funding in SFY 2023 from $11.1 million to $7.2 million and remove $11.5 million of §5307 funding in SFY 2024.
Electric Buses – 40 ft.	3744	112208	Add $15.6 million of §5307 funding in SFY 2023 and add $13.3 million of §5307 funding in SFY 2024.
Rickenbacker Mobility Center	3839	114757	Increase §5307 funding in SFY 2023 from $825,000 to $5.5 million.
Paratransit Vehicles & Technology	3429	105895	Reduce §5307 funding in SFY 2023 from $2.0 million to $1.0 million and remove $2.1 million of §5307 funding in SFY 2024.
Emission Reduction Infrastructure	TBD	TBD	Add $7.0 million of §5307 funding in SFY 2023 and add $4.8 million of §5307 funding in SFY 2024.

To view the complete list of Section 5307 Program of Projects on MORPC’s 2021-2024 TIP, visit morpc.org/tip.

“We’re asking the public to review these projects and provide MORPC with feedback. The public input we receive will be taken into consideration before the amendment is adopted.”

Thomas Graham, MORPC Senior Planner

Comments on the proposed changes can be submitted by email to tip@morpc.org or in writing to MORPC, 111 Liberty Street, Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attn: Thea Ewing, by 5 p.m. on Friday, August 26, 2022.