Transportation Planning Core Documents – UPWP, LRTP, TIP, & more…

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

The purpose of the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is to provide the Southern Illinois Urbanized Area with a work allocation plan that promotes a transportation planning process that is continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative.  All significant elements of the area-wide planning process used in developing transportation plans and programs are included.  The program also contains transportation planning support activities including those related to land use, social, economic and demographic factors.  Both federally funded tasks and those funded entirely at state and local levels are included.  The UPWP is sufficiently comprehensive to provide descriptions of the specific technical activities and funding levels necessary to carry out the transportation planning program for fiscal year 2024.  Development of the work program is the joint responsibility of the Southern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Organization (SIMPO), the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and other agencies authorized to carry out transportation planning and implementation activities.

The Fiscal Year 2024 UPWP covers the twelve month period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.  Input was obtained from the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Southern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Organization, its advisory committees, SIMPO staff, and the general public.

View or download the UPWP here:  SIMPO UPWP FY2024

Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)

The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) presents a vision of the region’s transportation projects for the next 25 years and is a summary of the Carbondale-Marion region’s transportation assets and an outline for expanding and maintaining those assets through the year 2045.

The LRTP is focused on documenting the existing system and fostering coordination between the various entities and stakeholders within the SIMPO region.  Consistent with Title 23 U.S. Code § 134, the LRTP is updated every five years.

The LRTP includes a demographic profile of the region, a summary of the state of the existing multi-modal transportation system, an outline of the region’s transportation values and objectives, and a financially-constrained investment plan for maintaining and expanding the system.

View or download the current LRTP here:  SIMPO 2045 LRTP

FY 2024-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

The FY 2024-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a product of the annual transportation planning process.  It is prepared by SIMPO staff, under the direction of the SIMPO Technical Committee, for approval by the SIMPO Policy Committee.

The purpose of the TIP is to document proposed projects for a four-year fiscal period so that project funding can be secured.  Any local project funded with federal funds must be in the TIP in order to be considered for such funding.

Projects included in this TIP are proposed for implementation within the SIMPO Planning area.  Projects are subject to the financial abilities of federal, state, and/or local agencies’ funding sources.  When approved by the SIMPO Policy Board, SIMPO certifies that the TIP meets the requirements of 23 CFR, Section 450.308.

View or download the complete TIP here: SIMPO TIP FY2024-2027 updated 05-13-2024

Click here to access the SIMPO GIS TIP resource map.  Then scroll down to Transportation, and select SIMPO TIP. 

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Federal Funding Obligation Report

The purpose of the Federal Funding Obligation Report is to publicize transportation projects located within the Southern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA).  Federal funds were obligated to these transportation projects in the most recent Federal Fiscal Year (FFY).  The term “obligated” means agencies received approved grants, contracts were published for bid, or construction began on the transportation project(s).

View or download the report here:  Federal Funding Obligation Report FY2023

Metropolitan Transportation Planning Self Certification

Please click here to access the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Self-Certification document.