Purpose
The purpose of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is to provide a staged, multi- year, intermodal program of transportation projects. The TIP is consistent with the adopted Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s (HRTPO’s) 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The TIP is required of all metropolitan areas, under Section 134 of Title 23 and Title 49, United States Code (USC), and 23 CFR Part 450 Sections 320, 324, 326, 328, 330 and 332; and subsection 339.175(6) and (8), Florida Statutes (F.S.), the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and reaffirmed in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) signed into law on December 4, 2015, and most recently The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) 49 U.S.C. § 5307, § 5340.
