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The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA). The HRTPO Fiscal Year (FY) 2021–2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a four-year program for the implementation of surface transportation projects within the Hampton Roads MPA. The TIP contains all federally-funded projects and/or regionally significant projects that require an action by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Before any federally-funded and/or regionally significant surface transportation project can be built in the Hampton Roads MPA, it must be included in the current TIP that has been approved by the HRTPO.

As the federally designated MPO, the HRTPO is responsible for coordinating the transportation planning activities for the Hampton Roads MPA. This includes the planning and programming of Federal funds through the TIP. To ensure compliance, the FY 2021–2024 TIP was developed in accordance with all applicable Federal regulations associated with the current Federal transportation legislation entitled the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

The FY 2021–2024 TIP was developed by the HRTPO in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), and the Williamsburg Area Transit Authority (WATA). The HRTPO Board-approved TIP is incorporated into the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which is submitted to the FHWA and FTA for approval. The TIP must be consistent with the current fiscally-constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan and identifies near-term programming of Federal, state, local, and other transportation funds.

The TIP must be financially constrained – meaning that the amount of funding programmed cannot exceed the amount of funding reasonably expected to be available. Once the TIP is approved by the HRTPO Board, the approved TIP may be revised in order to add new projects, delete projects, and update or change information associated with projects. In order to add projects to the TIP, sufficient revenues must be available, other projects must be deferred, or new revenues must be identified. Consequently, the TIP is a list of projects with funding commitments during the timeframe of the TIP.

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The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. HRTPO's website, www.hrtpo.org, may be translated into multiple languages. Publications and other public documents can be made available in alternative languages and formats, if requested. HRTPO public meetings are always held in ADA-accessible facilities and in transit-accessible locations when possible. Auxiliary services can be provided to individuals who submit a request at least seven days prior to a meeting. Requests made within seven days will be accommodated to the greatest extent possible. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice by HRTPO under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint may be in writing and filed with HRTPO and/or the appropriate state or federal agency within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory occurrence. For more information on HRTPO's Title VI program, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, please call (757) 420-8300 or email qmclaurin@hrpdcva.gov.