Bay Region

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Bay Region Nonmotorized Summit 2007
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Audience Participation

• Who has applied for Transportation Enhancement
  (TE) funding?
• Who has received TE funding?
• Who is hearing about the TE Program for the
  first time today?

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What is it?

• Federal Funding
• SAFETEA-LU
• 10 set aside from State DOTs allocation from
  the Surface Transportation Program
• Purpose Enhance the fit of roadways into the
  environments and communities they serve.

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What is it?

• Categories
• Todays Topic
• Nonmotorized Transportation
• Other Eligible Categories
• Transportation Aesthetics
• Historic Preservation
• Water Quality
• Wildlife Mortality

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Who is eligible to apply?

• Michigan Department of Transportation
• County Road Commissions
• Cities and villages
• Other state agencies
• Federal agencies
• Native American tribes
• Metropolitan Planning Organizations
• Transit agencies

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Key Parameters

• Transportation relationship
• Approximately 23 million each year
• Minimum match (20) Average is 32
• Reimbursement (not grant)
• Federal funding requirements

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Funding Breakdown Total dollars by category
through July 2007
298,609,263 Total Federal Dollars between 1992
and July 2007. 1358 Projects Funded.
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TE Program participation in GreenWays?
Nonmotorized TE Projects Statewide
Nonmotorized TE Projects in MDOT Bay Region
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Application Process Where to Start?

• Instructions and Forms available at
  www.michigan.gov/tea

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Application Process Overview

• Open application period no deadline
• Multiple annual announcements
• Conditional Commitments for future years
  beyond FY 2009 is contingent on SAFETEA-LU
  Reauthorization.
• Online application
• Competitive

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Application Process Information Required

• Project Location
• Project Description
• Proposed work
• Transportation
• relationship
• Project Schedule
• Milestones
• Project pairing

• Budget
• Total project cost
• Funds requested
• Match amount, sources,
• availability
• Proposed items of work
• Relationship to Category Goals
• Right-of-way Information
• Environmental Impact/Permits
• Maintenance Plan
• Public Involvement
• Master Plan

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Application Approval Process

• Concept approval
• program and eligibility review
• Technical approval
• category review
• Selection Committee approval
• conditional commitment
• proceed with design
• secure match, certify property, MPO approval
• Funding award
• construct within 12 months

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• Conditional Commitments in the Bay Region
• Pere-Marquette Trail extension through Clare
• State Street Bridge restoration Bridgeport
• Grand Blanc Township path extension
• Vienna Township path
• Flint River Trail Applewood extension
• M-15 paved shoulders from Vasser to M-46
• Fred Meijer Heartland Trail Gratiot County

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Nonmotorized Rail-Trail
Pere Marquette Trail,Midland to Clare County
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Nonmotorized Rail-Trail
Southern Links Trail Under Construction
Lapeer to Tuscola County
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Nonmotorized Paved Shoulders
M-25 Lexington
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Nonmotorized Shared Use Path
Flint River Trail, Kearsley Park Extension
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Historic Preservation Transportation Facility
Standish Depot, Arenac County
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Nonmotorized TE Projects What makes a good TE
project?

• Projects that
• Promote nonmotorized transportation
• Are part of a community or regional plan
• Promote transportation system continuity
• - connect existing facilities
• - connect travel generators
• - fill network gaps
• Recognize the diversity of potential users

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Nonmotorized TE Projects What makes a good TE
project?...

• Projects that
• Ensure facilities are accessible
• Encourage regional nonmotorized planning and
  coordination.
• Support statewide tourism, economic growth, and
  community (re)development
• Improve safety and security of nonmotorized users

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Nonmotorized TE Projects Technical Requirements

• Design Requirements
• AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle
  Facilities
• AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design and
  Operation of Pedestrian Facilities
• ITE Design and Safety of Pedestrian Facilities
• Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control
  Devices
• Maintenance and Operation Commitment

Available at www.transportation.org
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Project Implementation

• Federal funding requirements
• Davis Bacon wage rates
• AASHTO design standards
• Environmental clearance
• Historic Preservation Covenant
• Competitive bid process
• Matching funds must comply w/ FHWA
• MDOT letting process
• Local letting process

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Thank you! Any questions? For more information,
please see our web site at http//www.michigan.go
v/tea Bryan Armstrong, Program Coordinator
517.335.2636Vince Ranger, Metro Region
248.483.5130 Matt Opsommer, Bay, North Regions
517.241.1317 Jessica Pierce, Grand Region
517.241.0185 Matt Wiitala, Superior, Southwest
Regions 512.241.2152 Josh DeBruyn, Nonmotorized
Coordinator 517.335.2918