Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)

The Ulster County Transportation Council’s (UCTC) Transportation Improvement Program or “TIP” is a five-year fiscally constrained financial plan for implementing transportation improvements in Ulster County. One of the most important functions of a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is to work cooperatively with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and transit operators when programming and administering all Federal dollars for transportation improvements. The TIP update and amendment processes are governed by a series of Federal requirements identified within TIP document. Procedures for amending the TIP are established by UCTC and are similarly found in the narrative section of the TIP document.

Biennial updates to the TIP are initiated by UCTC and NYSDOT staff approximately 6 months before TIP adoption. Amendments to the TIP are performed at any time between biennial TIP updates. Both TIP updates and amendments are performed to reflect changes in costs, funding sources, scheduling and priorities. Approved TIP updates and amendments are forwarded to NYSDOT, and then on the Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration for additional and final approval to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), respectively. A UCTC TIP Amendment Log is maintained and posted on the website documenting all changes that have been approved by the UCTC Policy Committee or UCTC staff and are pending State and Federal approval. The Amendment Log lists the nature of all Amendments and Administrative Modifications made to UCTC TIP projects in the specified year.

The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is a list of all projects in New York State for which Federal funding is proposed to be used that are scheduled to begin within a designated time frame of four federal fiscal years (https://www.dot.ny.gov/programs/stip/(link is external)). This time frame is mandated by the federal law known as Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST). The STIP begins as a compilation of regional Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) that are adopted every two years by MPOs and evolves into one comprehensive list of all highway and transit projects that propose to use Federal funds for transportation improvements statewide. The TIP/STIP update and amendment processes are organized in such a manner because Federal funds are allocated to NYSDOT on a statewide basis rather than to individual communities, counties or regions. NYSDOT determines how much Federal aid is allocated to Regions, MPOs, and rural areas within New York State.

UCTC FFY 2023 – 2027 TIP (Full document – Effective October 1, 2022)

Public Presentation(link is external) of the Draft 2022 – 2027 TIP – July 5, 2022

Funding opportunity

  • UCTC is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from eligible Ulster County municipalities regarding the programming of FFYs 2022 – 2026 Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) funds for eligible new or ongoing transportation projects. Please see the EOI call letter for additional details.

TIP Amendment Log

Proposed Amendments Open for Public Comment through August 21, 2024

  • Resolution 2024-09: Addition of new PIN NEVI11 – Funding to NYPA for the operation and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure on SR 212.
    Location: Town of Saugerties
    Sponsor:     NYSDOT
    Total Project Cost:    $1.219m
  • Resolution 2024-10: Creation of new PINs 876357, 876358 and 876359, BridgeNY Projects: Denning Road over the East Branch Neversink River in the Town of Denning, Project 32 Road over Stony Kill in the Town of Rochester, and Drummond Falls Road over the Kaaterskill Creek.
    Location: Towns of Denning, Rochester, Saugerties
    Sponsor:     Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Town of Saugerties
    Total Project Cost:     $5.646m, $0.796m, $4.166m

The UCTC Policy Committee will consider the amendment at the upcoming joint Technical and Policy Committee meeting on August 27, 2024

Press Release

Annual Federal Obligation Report

Other Documents