Notice of Comment Period
Topic: Proposed Transportation Improvement Program Amendments
Period: May 16, 2011 through May 25, 2011
Comment Period:
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) announces a comment period for a proposed amendment to Federal Fiscal Year 2011 of NYMTC’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The ten day public comment period will begin on Monday, May 16, 2011 and end on Wednesday May 25, 2011. Comments are due in writing by 4 p.m. on Wednesday May 25, 2011 to the contact noted below.
The TIP regularly changes through amendments. The comment period provides the public the opportunity to provide feedback on a proposed change before the amendment is voted upon.
This amendment programs or reprograms funds for eleven projects throughout the boroughs of New York City. Details of the proposed changes are available on our website at:
http://www.nymtc.org
Contact for Comment Submission:
New York CityNew York City TCCAttn: Carl King
47-40 21st Street, 9th Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
[email protected]
Ph: (718) 482-4559
Background:
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) is a regional council of governments and transportation providers that serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley. In order to be more responsive to transportation planning needs at the local level, NYMTC is comprised of three Transportation Coordinating Committees (TCCs). The Mid-Hudson South TCC covers Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties; the Nassau/Suffolk TCC covers Nassau and Suffolk counties; and the New York City TCC covers the five boroughs of New York City.