MPO opens 10‑day reviews for TIP and MTP amendments, adopts TxDOT pavement and bridge targets and authorizes TA call

The Laredo Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Committee on March 25 opened two 10‑day public review periods for proposed changes to its capital programs, adopted a resolution supporting Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) pavement and bridge performance targets for fiscal year 2025, and authorized a 2025 call for projects under the MPO’s Transportation Alternatives (TA) set‑aside program.

Graciela Briones, MPO staff, told the committee the two proposed program amendments are a TxDOT‑requested revision to project limits for CSJ 001806185 (direct connectors at the I‑35/US 59 interchange) and a revision to an El Metro transit project description to add “support vehicle” to the list of eligible purchases. Briones said the MPO’s public participation plan requires a 10‑day public review and comment period for TIP amendments and matching changes in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP).

Why it matters: TIP and MTP amendments change the formal project descriptions and limits that govern how federal and state transportation funds are programmed in the region; opening the public comment periods starts the formal…