MPO approves adjusted 10‑year plan; Loop 88 funding strategy retained amid debate over Alcove project timing

The Lubbock MPO Transportation Policy Committee unanimously approved Resolution 2025‑07 on March 18, 2025, adopting an adjusted 10‑year plan (2025–2034) that makes administrative description changes, reintroduces a contractor‑defaulted project into the plan, and reallocates some CR‑10 (surface transportation/Congestion Relief category) money between projects in the near term.

LMPO staff described the color‑coded plan in the packet and said the key administrative edits were requested by federal reviewers to clarify project descriptions. The plan adds project 40501 back into the TIP after a contractor default required rebidding, splits one large project into two entries at FHWA’s request for analysis, and moves certain CR‑10 funds out of a loop lighting project and into a city bus project to respond to current uncertainty about future CR‑10 funding beyond federal fiscal year 2026. Staff said they were advised not to expect new CR‑10 allocations past 2026…