Cape Cod MPO kicks off FFY 20232027 TIP development and reviews candidate projects
January 24, 2022 | Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), West Chatham, Town of Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Staff presented a kickoff for development of the federal fiscal years 20232027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), outlining the schedule, project buckets and candidate projects for the region.
Colleen Medeiros (Cape Cod Commission) described the TIP as the region s five-year schedule of construction projects, including roadway, multimodal and transit projects. She explained the evaluation factors MPO staff will use this season (project readiness, cost, greenhouse gas impacts, Title VI and community support) and presented the development schedule: project discussions now, selection in March, draft release to public in April and MPO endorsement in May.
Medeiros reviewed programmed and candidate projects across the TIP years: Barnstable Beers Way shared-use path (moving toward 100% design), Wellfleet Route 6/Main Street intersection improvements (high-crash location), Harwich/Dennis Route 28 reconstruction (regional priority, ~$8 million), Bourne Rail Trail phase 1, Provincetown Shank Painter Road (road diet, bicycle boulevard and a roundabout), Cape Cod Rail Trail extension (Yarmouth to Barnstable, $9.5 million estimate), Chatham intersection improvements, and Mashpee Route 151 phase 2 (large corridor project to be funded over multiple years). She noted some projects receive statewide prioritization from MassDOT, and that updated cost figures and readiness information will be available next month.
Why it matters: the TIP determines how limited federal and regional funds will be distributed to prioritized projects; the schedule means towns and agencies must refine readiness and cost estimates quickly for March selection.
Colleen Medeiros (Cape Cod Commission) described the TIP as the region s five-year schedule of construction projects, including roadway, multimodal and transit projects. She explained the evaluation factors MPO staff will use this season (project readiness, cost, greenhouse gas impacts, Title VI and community support) and presented the development schedule: project discussions now, selection in March, draft release to public in April and MPO endorsement in May.
Medeiros reviewed programmed and candidate projects across the TIP years: Barnstable Beers Way shared-use path (moving toward 100% design), Wellfleet Route 6/Main Street intersection improvements (high-crash location), Harwich/Dennis Route 28 reconstruction (regional priority, ~$8 million), Bourne Rail Trail phase 1, Provincetown Shank Painter Road (road diet, bicycle boulevard and a roundabout), Cape Cod Rail Trail extension (Yarmouth to Barnstable, $9.5 million estimate), Chatham intersection improvements, and Mashpee Route 151 phase 2 (large corridor project to be funded over multiple years). She noted some projects receive statewide prioritization from MassDOT, and that updated cost figures and readiness information will be available next month.
Why it matters: the TIP determines how limited federal and regional funds will be distributed to prioritized projects; the schedule means towns and agencies must refine readiness and cost estimates quickly for March selection.
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