APC posts draft thoroughfare plan; staff says FY2026 federal funds have been obligated and letting list set

APC staff presented a progress report at the May 14 meeting, outlining planning documents, federal fund status and upcoming lettings for Tippecanoe County.

Doug, identified in the meeting transcript as APC staff, said the draft thoroughfare plan — updated after stakeholder input over recent months — is now available on the APC website with interactive map figures and a companion document that lists the substantial changes from the prior draft. He said staff are also updating the unified zoning ordinance and unified subdivision ordinance so the three documents align and that drafts of those ordinances will be presented to the ordinance committee in the near term.

On federal funding, Doug reported that APC successfully obligated all FY2026 federal funds following review by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. "I can joyfully report that we have done that," he said. He noted an internal funding-category swap in INDOT's report: $3.78 million that APC had shown as Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds for the South Ninth Street project appeared in INDOT's materials as Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds because INDOT replaced APC's STBG with safety funds to meet INDOT's obligation timing; APC staff flagged the change and confirmed obligations were completed.

Doug reviewed the APC 18‑month letting list. He said the April emergency vehicle preemption project (signals west of the river) had low bids above the engineer's estimate, so staff added roughly $68,338 of the additional FY2026 apportionment to reduce the local share. He described several traffic signal modernization lettings planned for July and noted that projects 18 and 19 on the list are bridge replacements (bridges 64 and 65). "That's a full bridge replacement with the new sewer there — very deep — probably close to an entire construction season," Doug said in response to a board question about South Ninth Street; board member Mike Gibson asked for a schedule and staff said they will follow up with more precise timing.

No members of the public registered comments on Facebook or YouTube during the public comment period. The board then moved to adjourn.

What to watch next: APC staff will follow up with more detailed construction schedules for South Ninth Street and will present draft zoning and subdivision ordinance updates to the ordinance committee as those documents are completed.