DRAFT FFY 2027 - 2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), DRAFT Community Demographic Analysis, and DRAFT Air Quality Conformity Analysis

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is the regionally agreed on list of priority projects required by federal transportation legislation. It lists all transportation projects in Berks County that intend to use federal funds over the next four years (FFY 2027-2030), along with non-federally funded projects that are regionally significant. The list is multi-modal, meaning that it includes highway, bridge, and public transit projects as well as non-traditional bicycle & pedestrian projects.  

The DRAFT FFY 2027-2030 TIP for Berks County contains 102 projects totaling $464,167,312 for the phases to be advanced during the next four years.  It includes 89 projects valued at $385,269,930 addressing the highway system and bridges and 13 projects valued at $78,897,382 addressing the transit system.

There is also a statewide Interstate Management Program that is separate from the regional TIP.  There is one (1) Interstate Management Program project located in Berks County with a value of $740,313 million.  Additionally, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) is currently engaged in a major capital effort to improve the toll road to provide a better ride and increased mobility.  This plan includes a project to completely reconstruct the Turnpike between the Morgantown interchange to a point four miles to the  east in Chester County. This project will include reconstruction of two bridges carrying PA 23 (Main Street) and Twin Valley Road over the Turnpike and then widening the Turnpike to three lanes in each direction. The total cost of these improvements is estimated to be about $35 million.  Additionally, the PTC is phasing in Open Road Tolling (ORT) that will eliminate the need for toll booths at interchanges. The PTC is currently removing the toll booths at the Morgantown interchange and will ultimately realign the roadway to provide for a smoother transition to and from PA 10 and I-176.

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Entire DRAFT TIP Document (17 MB file size!)

Executive Summary  (Resumen ejecutivo)

Cover Page & Table of Contents

SECTION 1: Introduction and Program Summary

1. Introduction
2. General Overview of the TIP
3. Program Summary
4. Opportunity for Review and Public Comment

SECTION 2: Highway and Bridge Projects

1. Highway and Bridge Financial Plan
2. Project Evaluation and Selection Process / Performance Measures
3. Performance Management / Performance Based Planning and Programming
4. Transit Asset Management Performance Measures
5. Explanation of Project Descriptions, Maps, Codes, and Abbreviations
6. Projects from FFY 2025 TIP Implemented or Delayed
7. Highway and Bridge Project Narratives
8. Interstate Management Program
9. Interstate Project Narratives
10. Project Maps

SECTION 3: Transit Projects

1. Transit Financial Plan
2. South Central Transit Authority Transit Performance Measures
3. Explanation of Maps, Project Descriptions, Codes and Abbreviations
4. Transit Project Narratives

SECTION 4:  Supporting Information

1. TIP Development Timeline
2. 2027-2038 Program Spike Projects by Funding Source
3. Additional Funding (RRX, HSIP, TSMO)
4. Reading FFY 2027-2030 Fiscal Constraint Table
5. Community Demographic Assessment Summary
6. Air Quality Conformity and the Air Quality Resolution for the Reading MPO
7. Reading MPO Self Certification of the Transportation Process
8. Memorandum of Understanding Procedures for FFY 2027-2030 TIP Revisions

Appendix (16 MB file size!)

1. PA's 2027 Transportation Program General and Procedural Guidance
2. PA Transportation Performance-Based Management Procedures
3. Reading MPO CMAQ Project Selection Process
4. PA's 2027 Transportation Program Financial Guidance
5. Reading Area Transportation Study Organization Structure
6. Title VI Policy
7. RATS LRTP Steering Committee
8. Agency Coordination Meeting Presentation
9. Public Participation Plan
10. Public Participation Documentation

Approvals

RATS Membership

TIP Amendments/Modifications

Between the regular two-year updates to the TIP, it may become necessary to make Amendments (project additions or deletions) or Modifications (changes to project schedules or funding) based on updates to available funding levels, updated engineering and/or cost estimates, changing project schedules, or changing priorities. These changes are regulated by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) found at the end of Section 4. As these changes are approved, we will post them here. The first document will list project- or phase-specific information. The second document will be an updated spreadsheet reflecting both prior and current changes to the program.