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Board approves TIP amendments and endorses statewide safety targets; minutes and financial report adopted
Summary
The Naugatuck Valley COG adopted amendments to the 2025–28 TIP, endorsed statewide safety performance targets, approved December minutes and accepted the financial report, the board said during today’s meeting.
The Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments voted to adopt amendments to the agency’s 2025–28 Transportation Improvement Program, endorsed statewide safety performance targets for 2025, approved minutes of the Dec. 20, 2024 meeting and accepted the financial report for the period ending Nov. 30, 2024.
Rich Sonnenberg presented seven TIP amendments, including sidewalk and safety improvements on Route 10 in Cheshire, a Route 67 sidepath extension in Oxford, pedestrian safety improvements on Main Street in Southbury, two climate‑funded traffic signal detection upgrades in the New Haven and Hartford urban areas, and signal replacements across District 4. The board voted to adopt the listed amendments and resolution (identified in packet as resolution 2504/205‑24 in the meeting materials).
Members then considered safety performance targets set statewide by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and recommended by the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Staff noted the regional five‑year moving‑average calculations and compared them with a regionally derived alternative; the board endorsed the statewide targets for 2025 and recorded the recommendation as CMVMPO resolution 2505.
The board also approved minutes from the Dec. 20, 2024 meeting (with an abstention recorded) and accepted the financial report showing a net position and spending below budget targets through five months of the fiscal year. The finance presenter noted vacancy‑driven under‑billing in some grant accounts and higher interest revenue after the agency moved banks.
Votes and outcomes recorded in the meeting: the chair called the question on each item, members voiced approval and each motion carried as announced on the record.
Why it matters: the TIP amendments move federally funded and state‑suballocated transportation projects forward in the region; endorsing safety targets determines how certain federal highway safety implementation dollars may be restricted if targets are missed.
