Evansville MPO approves UPWP amendment, advances TIP draft and several FTA funding resolutions; opens 30-day comment period for new TIP

The Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) policy committee approved an amendment to its fiscal year (FY) 2025–2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), advanced two Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) changes and authorized a 30-day public comment period for a draft FY2026–2030 TIP during its meeting. The committee also approved several Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding resolutions and performance-target items for local transit agencies.

The UPWP amendment adds final funding amounts for the two-year planning document that begins July 1, 2025. Committee members were told the UPWP will include $1,035,968 in federal funds, $66,174 in state funds and $204,966 in local funds for a total of $1,307,108. As presented, the amendment reflected a change in a Kentucky FTA 5304 line item (now $20,000 instead of $10,000) and removal of a proposed Kentucky FTA 5311 funding line that had been intended as a 50% match. "This is a two-year document," Pam said during the presentation, noting the federal/state review process and where the full amendment materials are posted on the MPO website.

Why it matters: the UPWP directs staff planning work and identifies the federal, state and local funds that support MPO planning over the next two years. The committee also approved other items that will shape transportation project programming, public engagement and transit funding in the region.

Project updates and INDOT highlights

MPO staff and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) representatives provided construction and design updates for a slate of county and state projects including Oak Hill Road (water-service work and old line abandonment nearing month-end completion), ongoing right-of-way engineering tasks, and multiple pavement and overlay jobs on US 41 and I-64 corridors. INDOT said a Diamond on-ramp reconstruction will require a 40-day closure; other…