Policy board approves MTP, 10-year plan and TIP amendments to add two TxDOT projects and airport TIFIA entry

The Abilene Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Board on Monday approved matching amendments to its Metropolitan Transportation Plan, its 10-year plan and its Transportation Improvement Program to add two Texas Department of Transportation projects and to list the Abilene Regional Airport terminal project for federal TIFIA consideration.

The board approved the MTP amendment after a public hearing and a motion from the board; the same action carried for the 10‑year plan and the TIP. The amendments add a request for MPO Category 2 funding of $3,000,000 toward an FM 1750 expansion project and $13,000,000 toward the Maple Street bridge/loop project, and place the airport terminal project into the TIP to permit a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan…