SRPEDD Announces a 21-day Public Comment Period and Virtual Public Meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 4:00 pm to hear comments on the release of Amendment #2 of the FFY2025-2029 TIP that includes various transit project fund reallocations and Amendment #1 of the FY2025 UPWP that will add development of a Regional Age- and Dementia-Friendly Plan.
February 19, 2025 – The FFY2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Southeastern Massachusetts is being amended in federal fiscal years (FFYs) 2025 and 2026 to program cost and timeline changes for various Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) projects. A bus purchase project will be added to FFY2025 and construction of the Wareham East Maintenance Facility is being pushed out to FFY2026. These modifications will lead to the proposed fund reallocation or downsizing of several projects, including GATRA’s parcel 6A solar project, purchase of support vehicles, rehabilitation of bus facilities, miscellaneous support equipment, and other vehicle replacements.
The TIP is the programming document listing all federally funded road and bridge projects in the region and all transit projects for both GATRA and the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) over five years. Each year, the Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMMPO) decides how to allocate about $26 million in federal funding for the region, which supplements state and local transportation infrastructure investments in Southeastern Massachusetts. The SMMPO conducts the federally required metropolitan transportation planning process for 27 Southeastern Massachusetts communities and is one of Massachusetts’ thirteen Metropolitan Planning Organizations.
The region’s FFY2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is also being amended to include tasks for the development of a Regional Age- and Dementia-Friendly Plan. In the coming decades, no population in the Southeastern Massachusetts region is projected to experience as much growth as older adults over 65 years of age. SMMPO staff are responding to older adult needs identified in previous work and collaborating with various local partners to create a work plan of action items staff will take to support SMMPO communities toward creating physical and social environments that are inclusive and accessible for people of all ages, with a focus on helping older people live well. The focus will be on highlighting deficiencies and recommendations relating to older adult transportation and mobility infrastructure and will also draw connections to housing, food access, and open spaces. The UPWP identifies all the transportation planning activities to be undertaken by SMMPO staff in the SRPEDD region over the federal fiscal year. Planning activities include transportation studies, data collection, technical assistance to communities and other projects.
All of this work helps support the region’s 27 communities toward building a safer, and more equitable, connected, reliable, and resilient transportation system for all mode users.
A virtualpublic meeting on the proposed amendment will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 4:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, ask questions and offer comments, but attendance is not necessary to offer input or comment. More options to offer comments can be found below.
The meeting will be conducted through ZOOM. This link provides the information to allow participants to connect to the meeting through a computer, smart phone or regular telephone: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697.
Proposed FFY25-29 TIP Amendment #2 and FFY2025 UPWP Amendment #1 will have a 21-day public comment period and will be endorsed at the next SMMPO meeting which is scheduled for March 18th. For more information about the proposed amendment, visit SRPEDD’s website www.srpedd.org at the following link: FFY2025-2029 TIP Amendment #1 and FFY2026 UPWP Amendment #2.
The SMMPO, through SRPEDD, provides reasonable accommodations, including language assistance and/or auxiliary aids and services free of charge, upon request and as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact SRPEDD’s Title VI Coordinator by phone (508 824-1367), dial 711 to use MassRelay, or by email at aduarte@srpedd.org. Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting.
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lisa Estrela-Pedro at lestrela@srpedd.org for more info.
SRPEDD Announces a 21-day Public Comment Period and Virtual Public Meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 4:00 pm to hear comments on the release of Amendment #2 of the FFY2025-2029 TIP that includes various transit project fund reallocations and Amendment #1 of the FY2025 UPWP that will add development of a Regional Age- and Dementia-Friendly Plan.
February 19, 2025 – The FFY2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Southeastern Massachusetts is being amended in federal fiscal years (FFYs) 2025 and 2026 to program cost and timeline changes for various Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) projects. A bus purchase project will be added to FFY2025 and construction of the Wareham East Maintenance Facility is being pushed out to FFY2026. These modifications will lead to the proposed fund reallocation or downsizing of several projects, including GATRA’s parcel 6A solar project, purchase of support vehicles, rehabilitation of bus facilities, miscellaneous support equipment, and other vehicle replacements.
The TIP is the programming document listing all federally funded road and bridge projects in the region and all transit projects for both GATRA and the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) over five years. Each year, the Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMMPO) decides how to allocate about $26 million in federal funding for the region, which supplements state and local transportation infrastructure investments in Southeastern Massachusetts. The SMMPO conducts the federally required metropolitan transportation planning process for 27 Southeastern Massachusetts communities and is one of Massachusetts’ thirteen Metropolitan Planning Organizations.
The region’s FFY2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is also being amended to include tasks for the development of a Regional Age- and Dementia-Friendly Plan. In the coming decades, no population in the Southeastern Massachusetts region is projected to experience as much growth as older adults over 65 years of age. SMMPO staff are responding to older adult needs identified in previous work and collaborating with various local partners to create a work plan of action items staff will take to support SMMPO communities toward creating physical and social environments that are inclusive and accessible for people of all ages, with a focus on helping older people live well. The focus will be on highlighting deficiencies and recommendations relating to older adult transportation and mobility infrastructure and will also draw connections to housing, food access, and open spaces. The UPWP identifies all the transportation planning activities to be undertaken by SMMPO staff in the SRPEDD region over the federal fiscal year. Planning activities include transportation studies, data collection, technical assistance to communities and other projects.
All of this work helps support the region’s 27 communities toward building a safer, and more equitable, connected, reliable, and resilient transportation system for all mode users.
A virtual public meeting on the proposed amendment will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 4:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, ask questions and offer comments, but attendance is not necessary to offer input or comment. More options to offer comments can be found below.
The meeting will be conducted through ZOOM. This link provides the information to allow participants to connect to the meeting through a computer, smart phone or regular telephone: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697.
To register for the public meeting visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hx91n0GwSxiXAqHDUYZOyg
Meeting ID: 886 3799 3326
Meeting Password: 083246
Proposed FFY25-29 TIP Amendment #2 and FFY2025 UPWP Amendment #1 will have a 21-day public comment period and will be endorsed at the next SMMPO meeting which is scheduled for March 18th. For more information about the proposed amendment, visit SRPEDD’s website www.srpedd.org at the following link: FFY2025-2029 TIP Amendment #1 and FFY2026 UPWP Amendment #2.
Comments are encouraged and may be offered by a variety of methods including: via e-mail at lestrela@srpedd.org; our website at https://srpedd.org/contact-us/; our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SRPEDD/ or Twitter @SRPEDD_NEWS at https:// https://x.com/SRPEDD_NEWS.
The SMMPO, through SRPEDD, provides reasonable accommodations, including language assistance and/or auxiliary aids and services free of charge, upon request and as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact SRPEDD’s Title VI Coordinator by phone (508 824-1367), dial 711 to use MassRelay, or by email at aduarte@srpedd.org. Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting.
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Press Release for FFY25-29 TIP Amendment #2 and FFY25 UPWP Amendment #1 021925
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