Erie Regional
Planning Commission

2900 Columbus Avenue
Sandusky, OH 44870

Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP)

Coordinating the short range Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) represents one of the ECRCP’s major responsibilities as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Sandusky Urbanized Area. The TIP provides a four-year prioritized listing of a bikeway/pedestrian walkway, bridge, and highway projects utilizing federal funding.

Local political subdivisions, the county engineer, and the local Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District office initiate TIP projects. Applications from these agencies are submitted to the ECRCP as requests for federal funding. The application may be downloaded from our “downloadable documents” page on this website. Most local and state projects must be programmed in the TIP to be eligible to receive federal transportation monies. The Annual Element of the TIP list projects which are expected to be ready for implementation during upcoming fiscal years.

• SFY2008-2011 TIP Document (PDF, 13.6MB)
• Annual Listing of Federally Obligated Projects for SFY2009 (PDF, 1.31MB)

To be eligible for a TIP project, at least one of the below 8 SAFETEA-LU Metropolitan Planning Factors must be met:

1. Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency;
2. Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users;
3. Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users;
4. Increase the accessibility and mobility of people and for freight;
5. Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns.
6. Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight;
7. Promote efficient system management and operation, and ;
8. Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.

*Highlighted Projects indicate Transportation Enhancement Projects

*Also Note that MPO Funds Requested are typically 80% of the total project cost, unless Jurisdiction requests less than the specified 80%.