Transportation 2035 - State of Rhode Island: Division of Planning

December 2012Since the State’s Long Range Plan Transportation 2030 was adopted in 2008, and amended in 2010, there have been fundamental changes to fundingmechanisms and continued focus on financial concerns related to transportation in Rhode Island. The downturn in both the local and national economy hasreduced the availability of some revenues, while forcing a focus on future sustainability and improved efficiency and effectiveness. MAP-21 recognizes theneed for streamlining programs, consolidating or eliminating more than sixty (60) programs, and simplifying the transportation funding structure whilefocusing on core issues such as condition of infrastructure, acceleration of project delivery, safety, congestion reduction, and development of transportationalternatives. This section of the Long Range Plan has now been updated to better reflect changes at the State level and efforts to meet Rhode Island’stransportation infrastructure needs moving forward toward 2035.FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM FUNDINGAVAILABLE FHWA FUNDSSAFETEA-LU, a five-year act, provided a consistent source of highway funds through the end of FFY 2009. There were ten (10) short term authorizationsbetween the close of FFY 2009 and July 2012. On July 6,2012, MAP-21 was signed into law and provides highwayfunds through the close of FFY 2014.Although the level of funding to be made available toRhode Island in the future is not known beyond FFY 2014,there is an expectation that funding will be maintained inthe short-term and will increase to meet infrastructureneeds in future federal transportation bills. The StateTransportation Improvement Program (STIP) used $214million as the average annual amount of funding availablethrough regular highway formula funding, based onSAFETEA-LU. When MAP-21 was enacted, this figureAnticipated Funding for FY 2013-2016 TIP(millions of dollars)Resources 2013 2014 2015 2016 TotalFederal RevenueFederal Highway $ 212.0 $ 212.0 $ 212.0 $ 212.0 $ 848.0NHTSA Hazard Elimination $ 2.0 $ 2.0 $ 2.0 $ 2.0 $ 8.0Total Federal Revenue Available $ 214.0 $ 214.0 $ 214.0 $ 214.0 $ 856.0State RevenueGO Bond Proceeds $ 20.0 $ 13.0 $ 6.0 $ - $ 39.0RICAP Funds / Other State Funds $ 20.0 $ 20.0 $ 20.0 $ 20.0 $ 80.0Registration and License Fees $ - $ 7.0 $ 14.0 $ 21.0 $ 42.0Total State Revenue Available $ 40.0 $ 40.0 $ 40.0 $ 41.0 $ 161.0Total Federal and State Revenue $ 254.0 $ 254.0 $ 254.0 $ 255.0 $ 1,017.0proved to be accurate in FFY 2013 and FFY 2014 and provided no substantive reason to change the assumption of level funding in FFY 2015 and FFY 2016. Thetable on the previous page shows the assumption of federal funding made for the four years of the TIP, along with the sources of State matching funds. Thetable does not include discretionary grants or other awards and carry-forwards.Transportation 2035 (2012 Update)State Guide Plan Element 611Rhode Island Statewide Planning ProgramPage 3-2