Transportation committee approves two TIP amendments; executive committee had approved a $63M emergency amendment
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Summary
The committee approved two TIP amendments (planning funding for DOT staff and Route 195 bridge design funds); members were also briefed that an executive‑committee emergency TIP amendment of about $63 million was already approved to preserve NEVI charger work before new federal domestic‑sourcing rules took effect.
The Capital Region Council of Governments Transportation Committee approved two TIP (Transportation Improvement Program) amendments and was briefed on a large emergency amendment that the executive committee had already approved.
Rob (speaker 8) presented the two committee amendments and staff recommended approval: $6,000,000 in planning funding to support DOT in‑house staff over at least four years, and roughly $1.3 million in design funds for the Route 195 bridge over I‑84, funded with federal bridge money and the National Highway Performance Program. The committee moved, seconded and carried both amendments without recorded opposition.
Rob also informed the committee that the executive committee had taken an emergency action after the last transportation meeting to approve an urgent TIP amendment requested by ConnDOT to meet a federal submission deadline in mid‑March. That emergency amendment increased a program’s funding by about $63,000,000 (adding to roughly $10,000,000 previously approved) so ConnDOT could continue NEVI charger deployment before a proposed federal domestic‑sourcing rule narrowed equipment eligibility. Rob described that earlier approval as informational for the transportation committee.
Committee members did not request reversal or further committee action on the executive committee decision during the meeting. Staff noted that the TIP amendments presented at this meeting used appropriate federal funding sources and that construction for the Route 195 bridge could require two construction seasons, according to backup materials.
The amendments will be reflected in the FY27–30 TIP draft when it is posted for public review and incorporated into staff’s schedule for public meetings later in April.
