Regional flexible funding

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Metro kicks off policy update for allocating regional flexible funds for transportation projects and programs in the region.

Program status

Policy update for 2012-15 regional flexible fund allocation underway.

Metro Council approved a list of projects to receive Regional Flexible Funds for the 2010-13 funding cycle. View the approved projects

As in past funding cycles, public comment was crucial to the selection process. To help Metro evaluate and improve the quality of public involvement in this process, the public was invited to complete a short evaluation questionnaire. The survey is now closed. Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in this evaluation. View the survey results

Regional flexible fund program

Metro manages the regional flexible fund program whereby the Metro Council and the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation select transportation programs and projects for federal flexible funds. Flexible funds, though they comprise only about 4 percent of the transportation investment in our region, attract considerable interest because they may be spent on a greater variety of transportation projects than can most federal transportation funds.

Regional flexible funds come from two different federal grant programs: the Surface Transportation Program and the Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality Program. The regional flexible fund allocation process identifies which projects in the Regional Transportation Plan will receive funding. Regional flexible funds are allocated every two years.More about the RTP

Project and program applications may be nominated by jurisdictions, transportation or transit agencies within the metropolitan region for any transportation category except local street construction and projects must be listed in the Regional Transportation Plan or subsequently added if not already listed.

2012-2015 policy update for regional flexible funds

JPACT is in the process of determining the policy direction for how to spend regional flexible funds on projects and programs in the region for Federal fiscal years 2014-15. Once the policies are established for the funding program, the project nomination process can begin and by Spring of 2011 a final list of projects will be selected.

Draft timeline for 2012-2015 funding cycle

2010

May - June - JPACT meeting - policy and allocation framework discussion

July - JPACT meeting - adoption of policy and allocation framework

July - August - Stakeholder engagement: solicit input on project priorities

August - October - Project narrowing

2011

January - Public comment period

February - March - Final prioritization of projects

April - May - Adoption of regional flexible fund projects

2010-2013 regional flexible fund projects

Projects and programs have been approved to receive 2010-2013 regional flexible funds. The process began with a policy update to the 2010-13 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) that directed staff to develop a two-step process for the allocation of regional flexible funds. The first step involved a recommendation of funding for certain regional programs, followed by the solicitation of applications for local projects. Public comment on the regional programs and local projects was sought from Oct. 13 - Dec. 1, 2008, to help develop a funding recommendation consistent with anticipated funding levels. On March 19, 2009 Metro Council approved the JPACT recommendation on a list of projects. The projects selected are programmed into the MTIP.More about MTIP

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