NYSDOT Issues Draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

ALBANY, NY (07/26/2013)(readMedia)-- New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Joan McDonald announced today that the draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for federal fiscal years 2014 through 2017 is available for review. Pursuant to the federal requirement, the document provides a comprehensive list of all federally funded highway and transit projects, which for the four-year period totals more than an estimated $11.7 billion in federal funds.

"The Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan is a key planning and programming tool for projects that rely on federal funding, and it is important that interested parties have the chance to review and ask questions about the document," Commissioner McDonald said. "Improving New York's transportation infrastructure is a priority for Governor Cuomo, and securing federal funding is an important step in that process."

The STIP contains all regional transportation improvement programs and is compiled generally every two years by NYSDOT and the State's 13 metropolitan planning organizations (MPO). All federally funded projects planned for federal fiscal years 2014 through 2017 are included in the draft STIP update.

The STIP update is being progressed for approval by October 1, 2013, and therefore will include a total of $11.7 billion in planned federal funded projects, with more than $5.1 billion in federal highway funds, and $5.7 billion in federal transit funds. Another $857.3 million in non-fiscally constrained federal projects are also included for this partial STIP update. With state and local matching funds added, the total funding represents approximately $32 billion worth of transportation projects planned.

The draft STIP will be available for public review and comment for 30 days, from July 26 through August 24, 2013. Hard copies are available for review during normal business hours at any of NYSDOT's 11 regional offices, or at any of the 13 MPO offices (list follows). In support of the environment, the Department is not able to provide printed copies. To accommodate the need for public viewing, the draft STIP is also available on the

NYSDOT Web site at: https://www.dot.ny.gov/programs/stip/draftstip

Comments regarding the draft STIP can be submitted on-line or in writing to: New York State Department of Transportation, Policy and Planning Division, Office of Policy, Planning and Performance, 50 Wolf Road, 6th Floor, Albany, NY 12232.

NYSDOT will address comments received on the draft STIP in preparing its submission to the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration for review and approval. The draft STIP is expected to be submitted in September for final approval by October 1, 2013.

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NYSDOT Regional Offices

NYS METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS – CENTRAL STAFF OFFICES

Adirondack-Glens Falls Trans. Council (AGFTC)

11 South Street, Suite 203

Glens Falls, NY 12801

Phone: (518) 223-0086

Fax: (518) 223-0584

E-mail: afrankenfeld@agftc.org

Binghamton Metro. Trans. Study (BMTS)

P.O. Box 1766 Government Plaza

Binghamton, NY 13902

Phone: (607) 778-2443

Fax: (607) 778-6051

E-mail: bmts@co.broome.ny.us

Website: www.bmtsonline.org

Capital District Trans. Committee (CDTC)

One Park Plaza

Albany, NY 12205

Phone: (518) 458-2161

Fax: (518) 459-2155

E-mail: jpoorman@cdtcmpo.org

Website: www.cdtcmpo.org

Elmira-Chemung Transportation Council (ECTC)

400 East Church Street

Elmira, NY 14901

Phone: (607) 737-5510

Fax: (607) 737-5512

E-mail: ectc@stny.rr.com

Website: www.elmirampo.org

Genesee Transportation Council (GTC)

50 West Main Street, Suite 8112

Rochester, NY 14614-1227

Phone: (585) 232-6240

Fax: (585) 262-3106

E-mail: Rperrin@gtcmpo.org

Website: www.gtcmpo.org

Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC)

438 Main Street, 5th Floor

Buffalo, NY 14202

Phone: (716) 856-2026

Fax: (716) 856-3203

E-mail: hmorse@gbnrtc.org

Website: www.gbnrtc.org

Ulster County Transp. Council (UCTC)

244 Fair Street, PO Box 1800

Kingston, NY 12402-0800

Phone: (845)340-3340

Fax: (845)340-3429

E-mail: ddoy@co.ulster.ny.us

Website: http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/planning/tran.html

Herkimer-Oneida County Trans. Study (HOCTS)

321 Main Street

Utica, NY 13501

Phone: (315) 798-5037

Fax: (315) 798-5852

E-mail: hmiller@co.oneida.ny.us

Website: http://www.ocgov.net/hoctsmpo/transportation.html

Ithaca Tompkins County Trans. Council (ITCTC)

121 East Court Street

Ithaca, NY 14850

Phone: (607) 274-5570

Fax: (607) 274-5578

E-mail: ITCTC@tompkins-co.org

Website: www.tompkins-co.org/itctc/

Orange County Department of Planning

Orange County Transportation Council (OCTC)

124 Main Street, 1887 Building

Goshen, NY 10924

Phone: (845)291-2318

Fax: (845)291-2533

E-mail: jczamanske@co.orange.ny.us

Website: www.co.orange.ny.us/planning

New York Metropolitan Trans. Council (NYMTC)

199 Water Street, 22nd Floor

New York, New York 10038

Phone: (212) 383-7236

Fax: (212) 383-2418

E-mail: jettinger@dot.state.ny.us

Website: www.nymtc.org

Poughkeepsie-Dutchess Co. Trans. Council (PDCTC)

27 High Street

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Phone: (845) 486-3600

Fax: (845) 486-3610

E-mail: mdebald@co.dutchess.ny.us

Website: www.dutchessny.gov/pdctc.htm

Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC)

100 Clinton Square

126 N. Salina Street, Suite 100

Syracuse, NY 13202

Phone: (315) 422-5716

Fax: (315) 422-7753

E-mail: jdagostino@SMTCMPO.org

Website: www.smtcmpo.org