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Amendment 1 to the FFY 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program for the
Northern Middlesex Region

On December 4, 2024, the Northern Middlesex Metropolitan Planning Organization (NMMPO) voted to release the draft Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 1 for public comment. The TIP is a critical federally mandated document that directs the allocation of federal transportation funding within the NMMPO region. The TIP outlines a five-year capital plan, featuring a diverse array of projects anticipated to receive federal and state aid. The current TIP is available here on our website as well as TIPs from recent years. Amendment 1 will enable funds from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program to be programmed for FFY 2025 for the Lowell Bridge Preservation Project, and will have the net effect of increasing highway funds by $21,900,000, of which $21,400,000 are from federal sources and $500,000 are a municipal and state contribution.

View details on the proposed amendments under Amendment 1.

The public comment period for Amendment 1 began on December 4, 2024 and will end on December 25, 2024.

Share Your Comments
Comments may be provide via email or mail.

  • Email: send comments via email to publiccomments@nmcog.org

  • Mail: send comments via mail to Northern Middlesex MPO, 672 Suffolk Street, Suite 100, Lowell, MA 01852.

Next Steps
Following the public comment period, the NMMPO will meet on January 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM to hear any comments received and consider endorsement of FFY2025-2029 TIP Amendment 1.

Need Assistance?
NMMPO meetings are held via Zoom. For information about accessing these meetings visit https://nmcog.org/calendar or call 978-454-8021. The NMMPO provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats), as available. For assistance, please contact Kelly Lynema at 978-454-8021 or klynema@nmcog.org. Requests should be made as soon as possible for services requiring advanced arrangements, including sign language, CART or language translation or interpretation.

Previous Public Comments

  • On May 22, 2024, the MPO voted to release the draft Greater Lowell Vision Zero Plan for public review and comment. The public comment period was from May 22 through June 12, 2024, with a hybrid public meeting held on June 5, 2024 to review the plan and hear public comments.

    The revised draft of the Greater Lowell Vision Zero Plan will be brought back to the MPO at their July 24, 2024 meeting for evaluation and endorsement. Learn more about the Greater Lowell Vision Zero Plan here.

  • At their December 4, 2024 meeting the NMMPO voted to endorse Amendment 1 to the FFY 2025 Unified Planning Work Program. A summary of the proposed amendments may be viewed here.

    At the May 22, 2024 NMMPO meeting the Northern Middlesex Metropolitan Planning Organization (NMMPO) voted to release the draft FFY 2025 UPWP document for a public review and comment period through June 12, 2024. The FFY 2025 UPWP was endorsed by the MPO at their June 26, 2024 meeting. The final UPWP can be viewed here. The final amended UPWP is posted to the NMCOG website.

    UPWPs provide a scope of work for MPOs to achieve the regional vision outlined in Metropolitan Transportation Plans (MTPs) in addition to the ongoing planning work of identifying and prioritizing federal aid projects on the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The UPWP is a means to coordinate many different planning activities, in order to address transportation planning concerns through a comprehensive planning program. It supports the “3-C” Process: comprehensive, cooperative, continuing transportation planning.

  • On June 26, 2024, the Northern Middlesex MPO released Draft FFY 2024-2028 TIP Amendment 4 and Draft FFY 2024-2028 TIP Amendment 5 for a 21-day public review and comment period, concluding on July 17, 2024. The MPO reviewed comments and endorsed the amendment on July 24, 2024. No comments were received. View the final endorsed documents for TIP Amendment 4 and TIP Amendment 5.

    On April 24, 2024, the Northern Middlesex MPO released Draft FFY 2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 3 for a 21-day public review and comment period, concluding on May 15, 2024. The MPO reviewed comments and endorsed the amendment on May 22, 2024. View the final endorsed amendment with comments received.

    On February 2, 2024, the Northern Middlesex MPO released Draft FFY 2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 1 and Draft FFY 2024-2028 TIP Amendment 2 for a 21-day public review and comment period, concluding on February 23, 2024. The MPO reviewed comments and endorsed the amendments on February 28, 2024. View the final endorsed amendments with comments received.

    On July 28, 2023, the Northern Middlesex MPO released Draft FFY 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 6 for a 21-day public review and comment period, concluding on August 17, 2023. The MPO reviewed comments and endorsed the amendment on August 23, 2023.

    At the June 28, 2023 NMMPO meeting, Northern Middlesex MPO voted to release the draft FFY 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 5for a 21 -day public comment period.

    At the April 26, 2023 NMMPO meeting, the Northern Middlesex MPO voted to release FFY 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 4 and the FFY 2024-2028 TIP for a 21-day public review and comment period, starting on April 28, 2023 and ending on May 19, 2023.

    At its February 22, 2023 meeting, the Northern Middlesex MPO voted to release Draft FFY 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 3 for a 21-day public review and comment period, ending on March 17, 2023.

  • At its February 22, 2023 meeting, the Northern Middlesex MPO voted to release the draft 2023 Title VI Plan for a 21-day public review and comment period, ending on March 17, 2023.

  • At the June 28, 2023 NMMPO meeting, Northern Middlesex MPO voted to release the draft 2023 Coordinated Public Transit Human Services Plan for a 21 -day public comment period.

  • On July 28, 2023, the Northern Middlesex MPO opened a public comment period for the draft Envision 2050: The Long-Range Transportation Plan. This period ended on August 17, 2023. Feedback was received via email, a virtual session on August 8, 2023, and by mail to NMCOG, 40 Church Street, Suite 200, Lowell, MA 01854