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DRAFT 2010-2013 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM The STIP only includes projects for which there is committed funding available. In other words, the STIP is fiscally constrained. Projects listed in the STIP may include highway and bridge construction or repairs, transportation system planning projects, transit service improvements and capital purchases, and other types of construction projects that affect the appearance, safety and operation of Oregon roads and high- ways. The money for these projects comes from state or federally-funded programs that address certain transportation needs. There are limits on how the money from most pro- grams maybe used. For example, Pavement Preservation money may not be used for bridge replacements. The programs are the building blocks for the STIP; preparing the STIP determines which projects should be approved, when the work should be done, and what program(s) should be used to pay for them. By adopting the STIP, the OTC allocates available state and federal funding to spe- cific projects. When preparing the STIP, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) seeks agreement from federal and state government agencies, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), transporta- tion interest groups, and other affected local jurisdictions about which projects have the highest priority in the upcoming four-year period. Projects are approved and scheduled according to their priority, available fund- ing, and readiness to proceed. The participants in the STIP process expect that the projects listed in the STIP will be funded and built as scheduled. They recog- nize, however, that actual revenues may be higher or lower than originally forecast, or that a project unavoidably may be delayed. Therefore, they agree that project priorities may shuffle within the STIP, and if a project must be delayed, it may retain its priority for funding at another time in the program. These changes are subject to approval of the OTC, FHWA, and FTA. While ODOT and the other STIP partners intend to deliver the projects listed in the STIP as described, they may modify or replace some projects if more effective solutions to the transportation problems are identified during project de- velopment, which involves engineering and design. Projects and/or their priority also may be modified as a result of input re- ceived during the public review for the draft STIP. This document is the DYaft 2010-2013 STIP. This program meets the requirements of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)1, the law that pro- vides federal funds for transportation pro- jects to move people and freight. SAFETEA-LU was enacted August 10, 2005, as Public Law 109-59, and authorizes the Federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 5-year period 2005-2009. HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT Document Overview This STIP document includes important in- formation about state and federally-funded transportation projects for the 2010-2013 timeframe. The program covers the four year period beginning on October 1, 2009, which is the beginning of the 2010 federal fiscal year, and ends September 30, 2013, which is the end of the 2013 federal fiscal year. Amendments to this document may occur .periodically that alter the scope, schedule, and number of approved projects in the STIP. For a complete log of approved amendments, go to: http://www.ore ~on.~;ov/ODOT/HWY/STIP/ and click on the link to the 2010-2013 STIP. 1 Codified in Title 23 and Title 49 of the United States Code. Page 2 ,7 ,_ 1 _) ~~) __:_1 ~_._~