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TPO staff reports draft FY 2026–29 TIP nearing completion; platform outputs delaying public release
Summary
Craig Lipke told the TPO Technical Committee the FY 2026–29 draft TIP lists about $540 million in projects but remains unreleased until eTIP platform outputs are available for display and fiscal tables.
Craig Lipke, TPO staff, briefed the committee on the status of the FY 2026–29 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) development. Lipke said staff and partners have worked through programming policy discussions and funding tables all year; at present the draft is not yet released because the eTIP platform is not yet generating required TIP pages and fiscal tables.
Lipke said the current snapshot lists just under $540 million in individually listed projects across the region with 34 projects called out; the bulk of those are locally sponsored projects and a small number are TDOT projects drawn from the state 10‑year plan. In this iteration there are 25 roadway projects and five transit projects among locally listed items. Several project types — ITS, CMAQ, transit signal projects and many bike/ped projects — will be folded into groupings (for example a travel/congestion/clean‑air grouping and a bike/ped grouping) in the final TIP to provide greater flexibility for future modifications.
The revenue snapshot Lipke shared shows roughly $142.8 million in region program revenues in the table presented and a remaining unprogrammed balance of about $41 million. He noted a 10% program reserve is being maintained and that staff anticipate opportunities for a midpoint program call and coordination with TDOT on CMAQ and PM2.5 discretionary programming.
Lipke said staff are targeting a draft submission to TDOT within the next week and still aim for an October adoption by the TPO, with final federal approvals expected after FHWA and FTA review in January 2026. He emphasized that the grouping approach will reduce the need for amendments for relatively small changes and should streamline mid‑cycle modifications.
"If we go over on that grouping side, we're adding, or we we have that grouping with travel, congestion and clean air, and all of those, ITS, CMAQ type projects are gonna be folded into there," Lipke said.
The TIP development update was informational only; no committee action was required.
