MSTIP 3d

Updates

• On July 24, 2012 the Board of Commissioners approved the MSTIP 3d Funding Program, including 19 multi-modal road projects (Media Release).
  

• On July 9, 2012 the Washington County Coordinating Committee forwarded a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners on MSTIP 3d multi-modal road projects.

• On June 11, 2012 County staff presented a recommended list of road projects to the Washington County Coordinating Committee.
  

• On June 5, 2012 the Board of County Commissioners agreed to create a $5 million "Opportunity Fund" to help leverage federal/state/local funds for all modes of transportation.

• On April 24, 2012 the Board of County Commissioners adopted the MSTIP 3d "Short List" (six projects to be ready for construction in 2014).

Planning for the next five years

Most MSTIP (Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program) projects currently in the design and construction stages were funded under the MSTIP 3b or 3c programs. Those projects will be substantially complete in 2013. Washington County worked with our partner cities to plan for the next stage of MSTIP—we're calling it MSTIP 3d.

The MSTIP 3d program's parameters are consistent with those set by the Board of County Commissioners for MSTIP 3c:  

General MSTIP program parameters:

• Improve safety
  
  
• Remove bottlenecks
  
  
• Major roads used by many residents
  
  
• Address multiple transportation demands (cars, trucks, bikes, pedestrians, transit)
  
  
• Rank as high local government priorities
  
  
• Geographically balanced, providing benefits to residents all around the county
  
  
• Projects reviewed through WCCC (see below); approved by Board of Commissioners
  

MSTIP 3d parameters:

• Five-year program (fiscal years 13/14 through 17/18)
  
  
• $175 million total anticipated funding (average of $35 million per year)
  
  
• $5,000,000 local/state/federal matching fund set aside (may also be used for bicycle/pedestrian projects)
  
  
• $500,000 traffic management system set aside  

MSTIP 3d process/schedule:

The Board of County Commissioners is ultimately responsible for MSTIP funding decisions. In early 2012, county staff began working with the Washington County Coordinating Committee (WCCC)—a group of elected county and city officials that provides transportation policy input to the Board— to compile a list of potential MSTIP 3d projects to be funded over the next five years. In March 2012, an open house and an online virtual open house were held to solicit public input on the candidate projects. More than 400 public comments were summarized and provided to the WCCC and Board for their consideration (see Related Document links below).

On April 24, 2012, the Board of Commissioners adopted a "short list" of six projects to be ready for construction by 2014. Deliberations continued to program the remainder of the MSTIP 3d program. On July 9, 2012, the WCCC forward its recommendation to the Board on approximately $160 million in multi-modal road projects. On July 24, 2012, the Board adopted the MSTIP 3d Funding Program.

No tax increase or new taxes will result from MSTIP 3d. This effort has simply identified which projects to fund over the next five years from existing property tax revenues. 

Stay informed:

We invite you to stay informed and provide your input. You can: 

• Sign up for periodic MSTIP e-mail updates to be notified when additional information is posted to the MSTIP or MSTIP 3d web pages
  
  
• A MSTIP 3d open house event was held on Thursday, March 22 (Media Release)
  
  
• A MSTIP 3d online "virtual open house" was open for review and comment from March 23 through April 8, 2012. While the comment features have been disabled, please visit the virtual open house site to find out more about the MSTIP program and the MSTIP 3d candidate projects. (Media Release)
  
  
• E-mail questions or comments anytime

Related Documents (PDFs):

• July 27, 2012 - Updated MSTIP and MSTIP 3d informational handout
  

• July 17, 2012 - Board of Commissioners Agenda Item for MSTIP 3d Funding Program Approval, including multi-modal road projects list

• July 2, 2012 - Memo to WCCC regarding MSTIP 3d (includes June 11 WCCC memo and letters of comment submitted between June and July WCCC meetings)

• June 11, 2012 - Memo to WCCC regarding MSTIP 3d "Opportunity Fund" allocation and staff recommendations for road projects

• May 31, 2012 - Memo to Board of Commissioners for June 5 work session regarding the proposed MSTIP 3d"Opportunity Fund" allocation and next steps

• May 15, 2012 - Updated MSTIP 3d Project Candidate List and Map (indicates adopted "Short List" projects, remaining project candidates, plus added Project 47)

• May 3, 2012 - Summary of MSTIP 3d Public Comments to date

• April 24, 2012 - Board of Commissioners Agenda Item for MSTIP 3d "Short List" adoption

• April 2, 2012 - Memo to WCCC regarding status of proposed MSTIP 3d "short list"

• March 21, 2012 - MSTIP 3d Project Candidate List and Map

• March 20, 2012 - Memo to Board of Commissioners regarding potential "short list" of projects to commence construction by 2014

• March 19, 2012 - Revised MSTIP 3D Project Selection Process Schedule

• March 9, 2012 - Memo to WCCC (includes March 8, 2012 memo to Board of County Commissioners with updated draft project list, list of potential bike and pedestrian projects for discussion, and draft evaluation criteria)

• March 8, 2012 - MSTIP and MSTIP 3D informational handout

• March 2, 2012 - Revised MSTIP 3D Project Selection Process Schedule

• February 3, 2012 - Memo to WCCC (includes updated draft project list and comments from cities)

• January 3, 2012 - Memo to WCCC (includes December 29, 2011 memo to Board of County Commissioners with original draft project list and map)

• December 5, 2011 - MSTIP 3D Overview Powerpoint presentation to WCCC