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Regional planners explain MPO role; board approves NEVI charging-station TIP amendment

Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG) · December 20, 2025
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Summary

NVCOG staff gave an extended briefing on federal transportation planning, the Metropolitan Transportation Plan and the TIP; the board voted to add a NEVI electric-vehicle charger project to the TIP that will enable federal funds to flow to local entities and private developers.

Rich, a regional transportation staff member, opened a multi-month series of briefings on federal transportation planning and the role of metropolitan planning organizations, saying the CNV MPO and the COG coordinate long-range visioning, federal compliance and project programming. He described the Metropolitan Transportation Plan as the 20-year vision document and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) as the fiscally constrained four-year list that controls which projects receive federal funds.

"The TIP is the actual fiscally constrained listing of…

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