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FY 2017-2020

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

 

 

 BCATS' FY17-20 TIP is proposed to be amended in November with changes outlined in a public notice published in the Battle Creek Enquirer on Sunday 11/11/18, page B2.  The text of that notice is copied below, and can also be viewed here.

 

   THE BATTLE CREEK AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY (BCATS) HEREBY GIVES NOTICE of opportunity for public involvement in the thirteenth amendment to its Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for fiscal years (FYs) 2017-2020 (10/1/16–9/30/20), consisting of the following proposed actions:  
    1) Modifying the City of Battle Creek’s 2019 “Major Resurfacings” project by changing resurfacing of Glenn Cross Rd to chipsealing, freeing funds within the total $768,617 budget to add chipsealing of Helmer Rd (from Beckley to Gethings) and Capital Ave (from south City limits to Beckley);
    2) Adding the M-96 (Columbia) at M-294 (Beadle Lake Rd)/Main intersection to a 2019 project of the Michigan Dept of Transportation (MDOT) to install dilemma zone detection at nine signalized intersections in MDOT’s Southwest Region.  BCATS area work, also including M-96 (Dickman) at Clark intersection, total construction (CON) phase cost $120,906 [90% Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), 10% State “M” Funds - Michigan Betterment];    
    3) Modifying MDOT’s 2019 pavement rehabilitation of I-194/M-66 (from I-94 to Hamblin) to include segments for ramp work, within the total $2,345,000 CON phase budget (100% State “M”);
     4) Adding preliminary engineering (PE) and CON phases of a 2019 MDOT project to apply longitudinal & special pavement markings on 3.5 mi over four segments of I-94 & one segment of US-31 in MDOT’s Southwest Region.  BCATS area work is on the 0.61 mi long, 3-lane section of I-94 eastbound from the rest area eastward to the Capital Ave exit 97 off-ramp, with total PE phase cost $550, total CON phase cost $172,366, each 90% Fed HSIP, 10% State “M”;
    5) Adding CON phase of a 2019 MDOT project to collect pavement marking retroreflectivity readings & condition assessment on 3.0 mi over four segments of I-94 & one segment of US-31 in MDOT’s Southwest Region.  BCATS area work is on the 0.31 mi long section of I-94 eastbound from the Capital Ave exit 97 on-ramp eastward to Riverside Dr overpass, with total CON phase cost $1,076, 90% Fed HSIP, 10% State “M”;
    6) Adding 2019 PE & right-of-way (ROW) and 2020 CON phases for MDOT’s pavement rehabilitation of I-94BL (Dickman Rd), from M-96/37 (Helmer Rd) eastward to southbound I-194/M-66 on-ramp (2.9 mi).  PE total $415,146, ROW total $50,000, CON total $4,691,152; each 81.85% Fed National Highway System, 16.83% State “M”, 1.32% City of BC;
    7) Modifying the City of BC’s 2020 “Major Resurfacings” project by moving planned Capital Ave work (from south City limits to Beckley) to 2019 (see item 1 above) and substituting with chipsealing Riverside Dr (from Columbia to Beckley), within total CON phase budget of $716,770 [81.85% Fed Surface Transportation Program (STP) Urban Local (STUL), 18.15% City of BC].  Project record updated with correct additional roadway segments & costs, as amended July/2017;
    8) Deleting the City of BC’s stand-alone 2020 resurfacing of Union St, from Michigan to VanBuren, and incorporating project, as chipsealing work, & funding (total CON phase budget $150,630, 81.85% Fed STUL, 18.15% City of BC) into City’s 2020 “Major Resurfacings” (see item 7 above), as amended July/2017;
    9) Deleting the 2020 resurfacing of Waubascon Rd, from Morgan to Halbert, by the Calhoun County Road Dept (CCRD), and redirecting the project’s funding (total CON phase budget $490,000, 81.85% Fed STUL, 18.15% CCRD) to the CCRD’s 2020 resurfacing of N Dr N (Gorsline Rd), from Bellevue Rd to 12 Mile Rd, increasing the Fed STUL share of the $760,000 N Dr N project from 6.0% to 78.6%;
    10) Adding 2020 PE phases for MDOT’s bridge capital preventive maintenance on I-94 over Riverside Dr, total PE budget $141,840, 100% State “M”.  Planned 2022 CON phase total $906,000, 90% Fed Interstate Maintenance (IM) funding; and
    11) Adding 2020 PE phases for MDOT’s bridge capital preventive maintenance on I-194/M-66 over I-94, total PE budget $366,300, 100% State “M”.  Planned 2022 CON phase total $2,340,000, 90% Fed IM funding.
    Details of the above listed projects, and of administrative modifications to be presented with the TIP amendment, can be provided upon request.  Additional TIP & amendment information is available online at www.bcatsmpo.org.  Discussion & action regarding the TIP amendment will be conducted at the regular meetings of BCATS’ Technical Committee (Wednesday 11/14/18) and Policy Committee (Wednesday 11/28/18), beginning at 1:30 pm in the Council Chambers of Springfield City Hall at 601 Avenue A.  Public comment is encouraged before or at those meetings; BCATS' regular meetings are open to the public.  Comments will be accepted up to Policy Committee action on 11/28/18.  Direct questions and/or comments to:  BCATS, 601 Avenue A, Springfield, MI  49037; ph 269/963-1158, fax 269/963-4951, e-mail bcats@bcatsmpo.org.

  

 

Am#11 outlined below is BCATS' first TIP amendment to be handled under a Redesigned TIP Amendment Process utilizing a new electronic database program to manage & track changes to transportation projects across Michigan, called "JobNet".  The amendment was approved by BCATS Policy Committee on July 18th, and was transmitted to MDOT in early September once glitches in the submittal process under JobNet were resolved.  The amendment received Federal approval on September 10, 2018.

Amendment #11

 

 

 

(reviewed & approved at 5/23/18 Policy Committee

meeting, Fed-approved 6/15/18)

 

The official TIP Project List, as amended thru Am#10,

can be viewed here.