Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

About the TIP

The BMCMPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a federally required, capital investment plan created by the Bloomington-Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMCMPO) to guide and track the distribution and use of federal funding for multimodal transportation projects, in BMCMPO's planning area across a five-year period. Federal funding come from the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. The TIP documents federal-aid projects programmed and scheduled for phased completion in specific fiscal years along with state/local matching funding commitments. The creation of the TIP achieved guidance from various plans created by the local public agencies and by the MPO's Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The projects in the TIP represent current commitments by local government and transportation agencies in the Bloomington-Monroe County region. The TIP also includes state-led projects anticipated for the BMCMPO planning area during the four-year planning period. The BMCMPO sponsors public meetings to gather public input on the TIP prior a formal presentation to Policy Committee for voting and adoption. The BMCMPO develops a new TIP every two years thereby allowing the community to regularly reevaluate priorities for federal funding. All projects listed in each MPO's TIP are included in the Indiana Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), by reference. 

Each roadway project in the TIP typically goes through three different phases before construction and completion: preliminary engineering (PE), right-of-way engineering and acquisition (RW), and construction (CN). Preliminary engineering includes development of design and construction plans. Right-of-way engineering and acquisition includes the determination and actual purchase of the right-of-way needed for the project. The construction phase represents actual construction of the project. Each of the projects listed will go through one or more of the phases during the four-year period and many began before or will extend after the current TIP. Transit projects typically involve planning studies, operational assistance, and capital acquisitions.

Fiscal Year 2024 - 2028 TIP

The FY2024-2028 TIP is the current, active TIP that describes the local and state-led projects receiving federal and state funding for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028. 

FY 2024 - 2028 BMCMPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) ADOPTED by the BMCMPO Policy Committee on June 30, 2023

FY 2024 - 2028 BMCMPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) WITH AMENDMENTS & MODIFICATIONS (last update May 15, 2025)

TIP Amendment Process

Changes to the projects and their funding tables in the TIP can made after the TIP is approved by local, state and federal bodies. Changes to the TIP are classified as either administration modifications or amendments, per procedures documented in the INDOT STIP Manual and INDOT Office of Transit Manual. Administrative modifications are reviewed and approved by MPO staff and do not require Policy Committee approval. Amendments must be approved through local public participation, which includes review and recommendation of approval by the BMCMPO Technical Advisory (TAC) and Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC); and, approval by the BMCMPO Policy Committee (PC).  

Local public agencies requiring a change to the scope, funding year, phases, federal funding sources, or funding amounts of their projects shall submit an updated project application form with their desired changes to mpo@bloomington.in.gov, prior to the 2025 deadlines for TIP amendments. If classified as an administrative modification, MPO staff process the change as soon as possible and share the change with BMCMPO committees as an informational item. If the change is classified as an amendment, the requested change is shared at the next TAC & CAC committee meetings to obtain a recommendation of approval and at the next PC meeting for an official vote of approval.

If changes are local public agency determines that changes to federal funding are needed for their project, After changes to the TIP are approved by the BMCMPO staff and/or Policy Committee, the requested changes must be integrated into the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). INDOT processes amendments according to their STIP amendment process and posts the changes to the STIP webpage for a 30-day public review and review and approval by Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. 

Amendments & Administrative Modifications to the FY2024-2028 TIP

Amendment - May 15, 2025
Administrative Modification - May 15, 2025

TIP Map (under development)

The TIP Map is a tool for viewing the locations of federally funded projects within Monroe County. The map includes all TIP and STIP projects within Monroe County, as well as a layer that shows the boundaries of the BMCMPO Metropolitan Planning Area, or MPA. All federal funds distributed through the BMCMPO must support projects within this MPA boundary.

FY 2026-2030 TIP (under development)

The BMCMPO Policy Committee adopted the FY 2026-2030 TIP on March 14th, 2025. The FY 2026-2028 TIP submitted to INDOT, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration for final review and approval shall begin on July 1, 2025.