Transportation Improvement Program—Archive

TIP Project Cost Policies

In the spring of 2021, the MPO board voted to create an Ad Hoc Committee to explore the ongoing issue of cost increases for programmed TIP projects. The goal of the committee was to explore the causes and consequences of cost increases for projects that the MPO funds and recommend possible policy changes to the full MPO board. The committee was chaired by the MPO board’s vice chair, representing the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and had eight members representing MassDOT, the Regional Transportation Advisory Council, the MBTA Advisory Board, the City of Boston, the City of Everett, the City of Somerville, the Town of Medway, and the Town of Rockland.

The committee met six times, ultimately voting to recommend a set of policies to the full MPO board. This fact sheet (PDF) fact sheet (HTML) outlines proposed policy changes to the TIP process. This proposal is available in a more detailed format in a memo (PDF) memo (HTML) submitted to the MPO board for consideration at the board’s meeting on Thursday, September 23, 2021. At that meeting, the board voted to release this proposal for public review. The public comment period closed at 5:00 PM on Monday, October 18, 2021. The committee met on October 21, 2021, to review public comments. The MPO voted to endorse the new policies at its meeting on November 4, 2021. The MPO applied the new policies for the first time during the development of the FFYs 2023–27 TIP, which was endorsed by the MPO on May 26, 2022.

Key Materials

• Draft Programming Policies to Address TIP Project Cost Increases (HTML) Draft Programming Policies to Address TIP Project Cost Increases (PDF)
• Fact Sheet: Draft Policy Changes for the Boston Region MPO TIP (HTML) Fact Sheet: Draft Policy Changes for the Boston Region MPO TIP (PDF)
• Written Public Comments Received on the Draft Policy Changes (PDF)

Past Meetings

• June 3, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording
• June 17, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording
• July 8, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording
• July 29, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording
• August 19, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording
• September 2, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording
• October 21, 2021
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Recording