Lubbock MPO approves 2025 10-year plan, asks staff to correct project listing errors

Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee members on Jan. 21 approved Resolution 2025-01, a 2025–2034 10-year plan aligned with the Texas Unified Transportation Plan, voting to adopt the plan while asking staff to correct apparent errors in the project listing.

The measure passed by voice vote after a motion "to approve pending the corrections that were pointed out," made by Warren Martin and seconded by Councilwoman Martinez Garcia. The committee chair called the question and announced the motion carried.

The packet presented to the committee described the 10-year plan as a strategic framework to align local project selections with the state's Unified Transportation Plan (UTP) and the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). Presenter Warren Martin described the document as the MPO’s first 10-year plan with an accompanying narrative, sections on planning and programming, funding allocation definitions and a highway and transit project listing. "This plan aims to enhance mobility, promote safety, and support economic development with emphasizing sustainability and equity," Martin said.

During discussion members pointed out a discrepancy in the packet for the Upland Avenue project: the handout shows the project in FY2025 with a $20,800,000 figure, while the on-screen listing places it in FY2026 with $12,200,000, and the totals do not add up as printed. Committee members requested staff review the year placement and correct a likely typographical error so the project totals and fiscal-year assignment match the official documents.

The plan document groups funding categories (for example, Category 2 urban corridors, Category 4 statewide connectivity and Category 9 non-motorized) and provides definitions so local officials can see what each funding pot may be used for. Martin said some projects show multiple funding sources combined (federal and local splits and multiple UTP categories) to reach total project costs.

The committee’s adoption instructs staff to finalize the plan with the corrections noted and to coordinate the final document with state and federal partners. No roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript; the chair reported the motion carried.

Staff said they will return corrected materials to the committee and to the MPO record. The committee also heard that non-motorized projects, intersection upgrades, bridge repair and other categories are included in the plan’s programming.

The action advances the MPO’s programming that the agency says will guide short- and long-term transportation investments in the Lubbock region.