Public Notice
The Boston
Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is circulating for public
review and comment proposed amendments to two of its certification documents:
1) Amendment One to the Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2014–17 Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP) and Air Quality Conformity Determination and 2) Amendment Three to
the MPO’s Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), Paths to a Sustainable Region.
The proposed
Amendment Three to the LRTP would add two projects that receive federal funds:
the Connect Historic Boston
initiative and the South Station
Expansion and Layover Facility project. The LRTP has a 20-year horizon and
identifies the regionally significant projects to be constructed within the
scope of the document. The FFYs 2014–17 TIP proposed Amendment One would add
these projects and make updates to other projects to be funded in FFY 2014. The
TIP lists the highway and transit projects that will receive federal funding
within the scope of the document.
The 30-day
public comment period for the draft TIP and proposed LRTP amendment will begin
on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, and will end at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December
11, 2013. The MPO is planning to take action on these two documents at its
meeting scheduled for December 19, 2013.
The meeting
will begin at 10:00 AM in Conference Rooms 2 and 3 of the State Transportation
Building, 10 Park Plaza, in Boston. Members of the public are invited to
attend. Comments on the two proposed amendments will be accepted in writing at
the address below before the close of the public comment period, and in writing
or orally at the meeting.
For details,
including information on the meeting and copies of the proposed amendments,
refer to the MPO’s website, www.bostonmpo.org,
beginning November 12, 2013. Also on its website are the MPO’s nondiscrimination
statement and related information.
Copies of the
materials may also be obtained by contacting MPO staff: by mail at 10 Park
Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston, MA 02116-3968; by voice at (617) 973-7100; by TTY at
(617) 973-7089; by fax at (617) 973-8855; or by email at publicinformation@ctps.org.
Copies are free of charge and, upon request, will be made available in CD,
print, and accessible formats.
The MBTA, which is the FTA Section 5307(c) applicant, has consulted with
the MPO and concurs that the public involvement process adopted by the MPO for
the development of the TIP satisfies the public hearing requirements that
pertain to the development of the Program of Projects for regular Section 5307,
Urbanized Area Formula Program, grant applications, including the provision for
public notice and the time established for public review and comment.