Transportation
Public Notice
NARTS 2025-2028 TIP AMENDMENT #4: The NWARPC, in conjunction with Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) Authority, the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT), and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), have determined an amendment to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Transportation Study (NARTS) FFY 2025-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is necessary to include changes to the ORT FTA 5307 categorical distribution of FFY 2024 funding.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The public comment period for the proposed TIP Amendment will be held Monday, March 9, 2026 through Monday, March 23, 2026. The amendment will be considered at the regularly scheduled March meetings: TAC on March 19, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. and RPC/Policy Committee on March 25, 2026 at 1:30p.m.. Meeting information can be found at www.nwarpc.org/events/.
Transportation Improvement Program
The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document is required under federal transportation legislation. This publication lists all federally funded transportation and transportation-related projects to be undertaken within the transportation study area by implementing agencies over the next four years. NWARPC develops the Northwest Arkansas Regional Transportation Study (NARTS) TIP, in cooperation with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) and Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT).
The NARTS FFY 2025-2028 TIP was approved by the RPC/Policy Committee on August 28, 2024 by Resolution #2024-14. This approved TIP includes all transportation improvements planned or programmed within the MPA that will utilize federal funding for all or part of their implementation costs. The purpose of the TIP is to assist in coordinating the use of these funds for area-wide transportation improvements and to ensure that the projects that are the recipients of these federal funds are in conformance with the 2045 NWARPC Metropolitan Transportation Plan (2045 MTP) adopted on March 24, 2021.
2025-2028 TIP Amendments:
- 07/15/2025 – Amendment #1 – MoDOT Various & ORT FTA 5307
- 08/27/2025 – Amendment #2 – XNA Concourse and Roadway Improvements
- 09/24/2025 – Amendment #3 – Western North-South Connector Project Development
2025-2028 TIP Administrative Modifications:
- 11/06/2024 – AdMod. #1 – MPO FTA Section 5307 Notation (NARTS11)
- 12/02/2025 – AdMod. #2 – ORT FTA Section 5307 Changes (NARTS01, 02, 03, and 14)
- 02/12/2026 – AdMod. #3 – UofA FTA Section 5307 Changes (NARTS06, 07, 08, and 09)
Previous TIP
2023-2026 TIP Amendments:
- 06/28/2023 – Amendment #1 – MODOT System Preservation Jobs #7I3512 and #SR0117
- 08/23/2023 – Amendment #2 – ORT FTA Section 5307 FFY 2018 Conway Funds
- 10/25/2023 – Amendment #3 – FTA Areas of Persistent Poverty (AoPP) Project
- 11/21/2023 – Amendment #4 – MoDOT Job SR0205
- 01/24/2024 – Amendment #5 – ORT FTA Section 5339 FFY 2024 Funds
- 03/27/2024 – Amendment #6 – SS4A Awards, MoDOT Projects, and FTA Section 5307
- 05/22/2024 – Amendment #7 – FTA Section 5307
- 07/24/2024 – Amendment #8 – FTA Section 5339
2023-2026 TIP Administrative Modifications:
Transportation
- Metropolitan Transportation Plan
- Transportation Improvement Program
- Annual Listing of Obligated Projects
- Performance Measures
- Forecasting Travel Demand
- Congestion Management Process
- SS4A CSAP- Vision Zero Plan
- Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO) Plan
- Intelligent Transportation System Architecture (ITS) Plan