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Tippecanoe committee approves two TIP amendments to reprogram federal funds
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to approve two Transportation Improvement Program amendments: one reallocating flexed federal transit funds to purchase buses while using local funds to fund sidewalks to avoid an FTA NEPA review, and a second reprogramming right‑of‑way and construction years via an MPO fund trade to add trail work to a county road project.
The Tippecanoe County Technical Transportation Committee on May 21 approved two amendments to the county’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) after presentations and brief discussion.
Doug, an APC presenter, said the first amendment moves recently flexed federal funds away from a sidewalk project and toward purchasing additional buses; the sidewalk work at the Paramount/US 52 intersection would instead be funded with local dollars so the Federal Transit Administration would not need to perform a NEPA review. Doug summarized the before‑and‑after funding table and asked the committee for a recommendation to approve; a motion was made and the amendment was declared approved unanimously.
The second amendment programs funds for the County Road 600 North/50 West project by completing an MPO funding trade with the Columbus MPO. Doug said the county exchanged a small 2029 allocation for available 2027 funds so right‑of‑way and construction timing could be adjusted while adding more trail construction to the urban portion of the project. The committee moved and seconded the motion and voted aye; Doug declared the measure unanimous and approved.
Both amendments were portrayed by staff as technical funding adjustments that preserve project delivery: the first avoids a federal NEPA assignment by replacing federal sidewalk funding with local dollars while retaining the federal bus purchase, and the second rearranges years of obligation through an MPO agreement to allow added trail elements without delaying construction.
The committee did not record a roll‑call tally in the minutes; the chair declared each vote unanimous. No public comments were made on either amendment. The committee proceeded to other agenda items after the votes.
