Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to Accept $457,068 in Additional Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation and to Appropriate those Funds to the Capital Fund (Capital Projects Fund) for the Traffic Signal System Retimings Phase II Project
Purpose
The Traffic Signal System Retimings Phase II Project (UPC 109410) (the “Project”) is the retiming of twenty-one (21) arterials, major roads with high volumes of traffic, Citywide. The Project will collect vehicular count data and optimize 130 traffic signal systems. The City of Hampton requested a Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) amendment be approved by the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (“HRTPO”) to transfer $457,068 in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funding from the completed Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Project (UPC 116318).
Discussion
See Purpose/Background Above.
Impact
Net Impact $457,068 in new federal and state funds will be added to the Traffic Signal System Retimings Phase II Project and the optimization of the traffic signal systems will improve traffic and driving experiences throughout the City.
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Body
WHEREAS, in accordance with Virginia Department of Transportation ("VDOT") project allocation procedures, City Council must request, by resolution, that VDOT appropriate funds to highway projects in the City of Hampton;
WHEREAS, VDOT, through the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (“HRTPO”), approved a transfer to the City the sum of $457,068 in HRTPO Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (“CMAQ”) Funding held by VDOT from the completed Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Project (UPC 116318) to the Traffic Signal System Retimings Phase II Project (UPC 109410);
WHEREAS, these funds were not previously included in the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approv...
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