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Meeting for the release of Major Transportation Programs.
April 18, 2017 — SRPEDD announces the release of the draft FFY2018-2022 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) and the release of the draft Unified Planning Work Program
(UPWP), as well as the proposed Critical Urban Freight Corridors (CUFCS) & Critical Rural Freight
Corridors (CRFCS), all for a 21 -day public comment period. There are also amendments being
proposed to the FFY2017-2021 TIP. Comments and input are being sought on transportation in
the region.
The TIP is the programming document listing all federally funded road and bridge projects in
the region and all transit projects for both the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA)
and the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA). The TIP lists all projects
in the 27 SRPEDD communities to be funded through the year 2022. The UPWP identifies in a
single document the annual transportation planning activities that are to be undertaken in the
Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Area from October 1, 2017 through September 30,
2018. The CRFCS and CUFCS are proposed plans to identify the most important freight routes in
the region for prioritization.
A public meeting to hear comments and concerns on these Major Transportation Programs and
related amendments will be held at SRPEDD, located at 88 Broadway, Taunton, MA on Monday,
May 8, 2017 at 4 PM.
The draft documents and amended items can be found on SRPEDD's website at
www.srpedd.org for review. The draft documents and the amendments will become final on
May 16, 2017 once approved by the SMMPO. Comments are welcome and encouraged and
may be offered by these methods:
E-mail at lestrela@srpedd.org;
Phone at 508 824-1367 x236 (dial 711 to use MassRelay);
Fax at 508 823-1803;
Our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SRPEDD;
On Twitter @SRPEDD_NEWS; or
In person at our office located at 88 Broadway, Taunton, MA.