How should projects be programmed for FTA and FHWA approvals in new urbanized areas?
Until an MPO is officially designated, the State, in cooperation with locally elected officials and officials of agencies that administer or operate major modes of transportation in the expected metropolitan planning area, should meet to jointly determine an interim program of projects. Until a TP and TIP are approved by the new MPO, an interim program of projects should continue to be programmed annually in the STIP for all projects to be funded under the Federal Transit Act and Title 23. This interim program of projects should be separately identified in the STIP.