Thursday, December 12

The North Carolina Department of Transportation's transportation plan – called the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) – identifies the construction funding and scheduling for transportation projects throughout the state over a 10-year period. With the NCDOT Board of Transportation’s adoption of the 2020-2029 STIP in September, the GCLMPO must adopt its subset of the STIP, the 2020-2029 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). Amendments to the GCLMPO’s 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) are required in order for the MTP and TIP to be consistent. In addition, an air quality conformity determination is required due to the Clean Air Act’s requirement that an MPO’s plans and programs conform to the purpose of the state implementation plan (SIP) for achieving air quality standards.