City Manager David Mitchell said grant funding offered through the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Alternatives Program and approved by the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Organization could expand the project. “We felt like this would be a great opportunity to potentially expand the scope of that work,” Mitchell said. Read more at the Killeen Daily Herald
Read moreOn January 19th, 2016, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, also known as BPAC was established with the purpose of improving the bicycle and walking mobility within the Killeen-Temple region. Currently, BPAC has 14 voting members that represent both bicycle and pedestrian needs. Members include local government officials, stakeholder groups and citizen representatives. In order
Read more“For the 2016 budget year, which started in September, Texas is pouring $1.1 billion in oil and gas severance taxes into the State Highway Fund. That was based on collections from the previous year. But with oil prices plummeting, those transfers are expected to tumble to a total of $594 million in fiscal 2017 before
Read moreBelow is the link to the Transportation Alternatives Program/Category 9 Call for Projects questions with responses from the proposer’s conference held on February 1st, 2016. Category 9 Questions with Responses.
Read morePUBLIC NOTICE The Central Texas Council of Governments, on behalf of the Killeen–Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization, is soliciting project proposals for: Federal Highway Administration Transportation Alternatives Program (FY 15/16/17) General Information: The Killeen–Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization hereinafter referred to as KTMPO serves as the planning organization for the federally designated Transportation Management Area located
Read moreKTMPO is seeking the following amendments to the 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and FY 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): Amendment Summaries: Statewide Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) The Cities of Belton and Nolanville and the Village of Salado were awarded Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds through TxDOT’s 2015 Statewide TAP Call for Projects. Below is
Read moreOn Thursday, December 4th, 2015, Senate approved a five-year, $305 billion highway bill that calls for spending approximately $205 billion on highways and $48 billion on transit projects over the next five years. Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST), the first long term national transportation spending package in a decade, passed by a 83-16 tally. On December
Read moreOur Technical Committee will review two projects that are proposed for inclusion in our MTP. TxDOT has allocated Prop 1 money for our region, and will be hearing input and recommendations from our Technical Committee and Policy Board. Members of the public are more than welcome to attend and offer their comments, too! 1st Street
Read moreHere are the links to November’s TPPB meeting agenda and meeting packets. TPPB Meeting Agenda TPPB Meeting Packet
Read moreHere are the links for November’s CTRTAG meeting agenda and meeting packet. CTRTAG Meeting Agenda CTRTAG Meeting Packet
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