Plans and Programs

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

The TIP is a four-year, fiscally constrained program of capital investments planned for each MPO area, based on the priorities in the MPO Long-Range Plan.  MPO TIPs list all projects intended to be undertaken with available Federal funds in an MPO area, including those programmed by MaineDOT.  Maine MPOs update their TIPs every two years, during odd-numbered calendar years.

The TIP is the principal funding program for certain federal transportation funds within the PACTS Funding Area.  PACTS shares the responsibility with the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) for the programming of all projects funded with Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administration funds in the PACTS Funding Area.  The PACTS area covers parts or all of the following fifteen municipalities:  Biddeford, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Gorham, Falmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Saco, South Portland, Scarborough, Westbrook, Windham and Yarmouth.

The primary purpose of the TIP document is to describe the process for the development of the PACTS "MPO Allocation" priority list of projects.  These projects are funded with federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) and National Highway System (NHS) funds made available to PACTS for the 2008/2009 biennium by MaineDOT.  You may download the PACTS TIP Policies and Procedures document by clicking on the link below.

PACTS TIP Policies and Procedures 2008 / 2009

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