Transportation
Transportation Improvement Program
The NWARPC, in conjunction with Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Razorback Transit, has determined an amendment to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Transportation Study (NARTS) Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is necessary to include USDOT SS4A discretionary grant awards, additional MoDOT projects, and modifications to FTA Section 5307 programmed funding allocations.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The public comment period for the proposed TIP Amendment #6 will be held from Monday, March 11, 2024, through Monday, March 25, 2024. Written comments can be sent to comments@nwarpc.org. The TAC and RPC/Policy Committees will consider the proposed amendment and public comments at the regularly scheduled meetings in March, as described above.
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 2023-2026 TIP was approved by the RPC/Policy Committee on December 7, 2022 by Resolution #2022-16. 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.
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
2023-2026 TIP Administrative Modifications: