MVP: metropolitan transportation plan (MTP)

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $505,842.65 Formula Grant on September 13, 2024 to the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) under the Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205) program. The purpose of this grant is to fund the development of DOT&PF's first Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) for the state of Alaska. The MTP is a long-range transportation plan that will identify strategies, policies, and actions to develop an integrated multimodal transportation system to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of people and goods over a minimum 20-year planning horizon. The project will be supervised by DOT&PF staff and completed using contractor services, with the final MTP plan to be prepared in accordance with federal requirements such as fiscal constraint, air quality conformity, and public review.

Project description

The goal of this project is the development of MVP's first metropolitan transportation plan (MTP).the MTP is a long-range transportation plan for a metropolitan area and is a statement of the ways the region plans to invest in the transportation system over no less than a 20-year planning horizon as of the effective date. IT is updated every five (5) years in air quality attainment areas. IT shall include both long-range and short-range strategies, policies and actions that provide for the development of an integrated multimodal transportation system to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of people and goods in addressing current and future transportation demand. The transportation improvement program (tip) will be developed as part of the metropolitan planning process consistent with and, subsequent to, the approved MTP. IT shall be developed in coordination with the akdot and compatible with an electronically-available system used by the state of alaska in developing their statewide transportation improvement program (STIP), if available. The project will be supervised by MVP staff, and the work will be completed using contractor services. The update will be prepared in accordance with federal requirements, such as demonstration of fiscal constraint, conformity with national air quality standards, and public review and comment.