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, February 6, 2025, at 4:00 pm to hear comments on the release of Amendment #1 of the FFY2025-2029 TIP that includes a Swansea project cost increase and addition of a New Bedford project.

January 21, 2025 – The FFY2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Southeastern Massachusetts is being amended in FFY2025 to program a cost increase and a new project. Project #608759 for traffic signal and safety improvements at three intersections on Swansea’s Route 6 will have a cost increase of $3,092,506, from $12,663,827 to $15,756,333 due to the extension of project limits (~400’), updated unit prices and higher utility relocation costs. Work on this project consists of intersection improvements at the following three intersections: Route 6/Route 118 (Swansea Mall Drive), Route 6/Maple Avenue, and Route 6/Route 136 (Market Street). Work includes traffic signal upgrades, geometric improvements, improved bicycle and pedestrian accessibility, signs, pavement markings, and/or geometric modifications. The intent of the project is to address safety at these three high crash locations. The FFY2025-2029 TIP will also program Project S13168 in FFY2025 which will include two demonstration projects in the city of New Bedford funded by a Safe Streets for All Discretionary grant of $237,266.

The TIP is the programming document listing all federally funded road and bridge projects in the region and all transit projects for both the Greater Attleboro and Taunton Regional Transit Authority (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.

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, February 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 the ZOOM app. 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_b9V5xEuwRfCa-fj0aJ2xMA

Meeting ID: 814 7544 8552

Meeting Password: 420223

Proposed FFY25-29 TIP Amendment #1 will have a 21-day public comment period and will be endorsed at the next SMMPO meeting which is scheduled for February 18th. For more information about the proposed amendment, visit SRPEDD’s website www.srpedd.org at the following link: FFY2025-2029 TIP Amendment #1.

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.

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 Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 4:00 pm to hear comments on the release of Amendment #3 of the FFY2024-2028 TIP that includes project cost adjustments and inclusion of new projects.

January 17, 2024 – The FFY2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Southeastern Massachusetts is being amended due to project cost adjustments and inclusion of new projects. The Transit element of Amendment #3 (Part A) in FFY2024 includes the addition of four Community Transit Grant awards as well as cost and project changes for GATRA. The Community Access to Rides program, MedWheels, Town of North Attleborough, and TPP received Community Transit Grant funding to provide transportation options for seniors and other vulnerable residents who are unable to use other transit options to access critically needed services.

The Highway element (Part B of Amendment #3) in FFY2024 includes a cost reduction for Project 608049 in Fall River, Corridor Improvements on Route 79/Davol Street. It also includes a cost increase for Project 606527 in New Bedford, Superstructure Replacement, I-195 (EB & WB) Ramp C & F over ST 18, County Street, State Street, Mass Coastal Railroad, Purchase Street, Weld Street, and replacing I-195 (EB) Ramp F over Weld Street – which yields funding changes (reductions and inclusion) across FFYs 2024 through 2026.  In addition, Project S12880 (Part C of Amendment #3), Airport Bus Service from the Mansfield MBTA Station to Logan Airport, is being proposed for inclusion in FFY2024 of the TIP with flexing of regional Congestion Mitigation Air Quality target funds to the Federal Transit Administration.

A virtual public meeting on this amendment will be held remotely on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 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 the ZOOM app. 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.

The direct link to the public meeting:  
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87354055513?pwd=VlpWNVJtZTEyM0NETVBrU2N5RG0zQT09

This amendment will become final at the next SMMPO meeting which is scheduled for February 20, 2024. More detailed information on all the components of Amendment #3 can be found on SRPEDD’s website at www.srpedd.org at the following links: FFY2024-2028 TIP Amendment #3 A, FFY2024-2028 TIP Amendment #3 B, FFY2024-2028 TIP Amendment #3 C.

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://twitter.com/SRPEDD_NEWS

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PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Lisa Estrela-Pedro at lestrela@srpedd.org for more info.

SRPEDD Announces a minimum 21-day Public Comment Period and a Virtual Public Meeting on Wednesday, May 4, 2023 at 4:00 pm to hear comments for the release of the FFY2024-2028 Draft TIP, and proposed amendment #3 to the FFY2023-2027 TIP concerning GATRA transit funding.

April 18, 2023 – The FFY2024-2028 Draft TIP is being released for public comment. Also, the FFY2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is being amended concerning a cost increase to the New Bedford County Street projects, and transit funding for GATRA. This amendment is also being released for public comment. The TIP is the programming document listing all federally funded road and bridge projects in the region and all transit projects for both the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) and the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA).

A virtual public meeting on this amendment will be held remotely on Wednesday, May 4, 2023 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 the ZOOM App. 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.

The direct link to the public meeting: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84892776337?pwd=U2ErdGNHYTVuOU5IbERxOHhqZGZIQT09

The FFY2024-2028 TIP will be endorsed and this FFY2023-2027 TIP amendment will become final at the next SMMPO meeting which is scheduled for May 16, 2023. These two documents can be found on SRPEDD’s website at www.srpedd.org for review.

Page links here:

Draft FFY2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program

FFY2023-2027 TIP Amendment #3

Comments are encouraged and may be offered by a variety of methods including:

E-mail at lestrela@srpedd.org; our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SRPEDD; or on Twitter @SRPEDD_NEWS https://twitter.com/SRPEDD_NEWS?lang=en