July 25, 2024
The FY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania covers the four years of FY25-FY28, and represents the region’s federally funded transportation improvement priorities.
The DVRPC Board voted to adopt the FY2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Pennsylvania at its July meeting. The FY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania covers the four years of FY25-FY28, and represents the region’s federally funded transportation improvement priorities.
The FY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania contains 351 projects, including the Interstate Management Program (IMP), totalling over $8.1 billion for the phases to be advanced over the next four years, an average of close to $2.03 billion per year. Programmed funds include $2.6 billion for multimodal projects primarily addressing the non-Interstate Highway System and over $1.2 billion for projects addressing the IMP, resulting in a four-year total for “FHWA-funded” projects of more than $3.9 billion. Additionally, the FTA-funded projects for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART), and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Public Transit (PennDOT BPT) totals over $4.2 billion.
Funding for the DVRPC Regional FHWA-funded Program and FTA-funded Program in the FY2025 TIP is the highest it has been in recent memory. In comparison to the FY2023 TIP, the funding in the first four years of the FY2025 TIP has increased by $352 million (10 percent) for the FHWA-funded Program and by $284 million (7 percent) for the FTA-funded Program. The increase is primarily due to the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act/Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IIJA/BIL). The TIP includes several large, county-led Circuit Trail projects, largely funded by the Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), a new federal formula program created by the IIJA/BIL that provides funding for projects designed to reduce transportation emissions. Over the next four years, more than $50 million of CRP funding is allocated to Circuit Trail projects in the DVRPC-PA region, a significant increase from previous years. In the twelve year program, $120 million is allocated to the Circuit Trails. DVRPC received hundreds of comments in support of this landmark trail funding.
After Board adoption, DVRPC staff will submit the document to PennDOT for approval and inclusion in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which will then be submitted to FHWA and FTA for review and approval. Once the federal partners formally approve the PennDOT FY2025 STIP, the new DVRPC TIP and the PennDOT STIP will become effective on October 1, 2024, replacing the DVRPC FY2023 TIP and PennDOT FY2023 STIP.
A key document in the TIP adoption process is the “List of Recommended Changes (LORC).” This spreadsheet represents changes that have been identified since the initial draft FY2025 PA TIP database was sent to PennDOT in January 2024. As projects advance through the delivery process, costs and schedules change. In addition, new projects are sometimes awarded funds through competitive grant programs or identified through discussions with regional partners. Approving the LORC allows staff to process these actions as soon as the federal fiscal year begins. These changes are the very first changes to the program.
Some highlights to note in this year’s LORC are listed below. Review the full List of Recommended Changes table and the other TIP adoption materials provided to the Board.
- The Chinatown Stitch: Reconnecting Philadelphia’s Vine Street project was awarded $158 million through the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program Grant for construction.
- The PA 291 Complete Streets project in Delaware County was awarded a $2.5 million Reconnecting Communities grant for a study phase.
- A new I-95 Chester City Noise Abatement Phase 1 breakout project was programmed with $9 million to advance early improvements.
- Two new system preservation focused projects will be added with funds to begin the engineering process, including the US 202/PA 611 (DoylestownBypass) Preventative Maintenance project in Bucks County and the Montgomery County 3R Betterments Line Item in Montgomery County.
- A new City Wide Resurfacing 112 project in the City of Philadelphia will be programmed with $25 million for construction.
- The $317 million FTA Rail Replacement Grant that SEPTA received to replace the Market-Frankford Rail Cars will be added, with funds programmed under MPMS #115472, SEPTA’s Projects of Significance program.
If you want to learn more about the Transportation Improvement Program, or “TIP,” check out the informational articles: What is the TIP?, How Does a Project Get on the TIP?, and How is the TIP Funded?