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CURRENT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES / DOCUMENTS
July 2010 Amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program
Guidance Documents and Timeline - Now Available!
JOBS Funding List
Transportation Advisory Committee members have identified and prioritized
transportation projects for potential JOBS funding.
At the request of Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT),
Highways and Local Programs Division, the Yakima Valley MPO/RTPO Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC) identified local
transportation improvement projects at their February 11 meeting. The MPO/RTPO
Executive Committee approved the TAC recommendation on February 17th.
YVCOG staff has been directed to forward
the prioritized list to WSDOT by the
March 1, 2010 deadline with a request for the opportunity to revisit our
regional selections when, and if, federal funds become available and further
guidance is available.
Transportation Improvement Program
The Yakima Valley Metropolitan and Regional Transportation Improvement
Program (MTIP/RTIP) is a three year programming document derived from the more
comprehensive six year Transportation Improvement Program developed and adopted
annually by local agencies. This three year document is available
here.
In addition, the plan had a major amendment
in September of 2009.
MTIP AMENDMENT SCHEDULE - eff.
March 10, 2010
Be sure to also review all the information located in the original
Regional Transportation Long Range Plan (RTP
Update) for related documents and additional information.
Annual Reporting:
The Annual Report details how the Yakima Valley Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) and the Yakima Valley Regional Transportation Planning
Organization (RTPO) uses state and federal transportation planning funds.
The current report provides this
information for State Fiscal Year 2009.
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program
CMAQ funds are intended to improve air quality and funds must be spent in
non-attainment or maintenance areas. A non attainment area is an
area formally designated by the EPA as not meeting the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) as listed in the Clean Air Act. A maintenance
area is a location that was previously a non-attainment area but has since
become in compliance with the NAAQS and has officially been re-designated to an
attainment area by the EPA. The metropolitan Yakima Valley area, in and
around the cities of Selah, Yakima, and Union Gap, are currently designated
maintenance areas for both Carbon Monoxide (CO) and particulates of 10
micrometers or less (PM10). Below are Links to documents pertinent to the
CMAQ Improvement Program.
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
The Unified Planning Work Program outlines how state and federal funds will
be used for transportation planning purposes by the Yakima Valley Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO) and the Yakima Valley Regional Transportation
Planning Organization (RTPO). Each year the Washington State Department of
Transportation (WSDOT), Federal Highways Administration, and Federal Transit
Administration, have emphasized areas they would like to see included in our
work program. The UPWP for 2009 is
available here.
 Please select
this button / link if you wish to review the Regional Transportation Long Range
Plan (RTP Update) as published on the previous YVCOG website.
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