I-26 Transportation Planning Reports (TPRs)

1. The first step of this process has been completed. Improvements to this interchange (and 2 others on I-26) were recommended in the Johnson City 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan which was completed last year. They were ranked as top priorities for the Johnson City MTPO.

2. A Transportation Planning Report / Interchange Modification Study was requested by the Johnson City MTPO in 2008.

3. This request was approved and the study is underway. The Transportation Planning Report / Interchange Modification Studies are listed as a work task in the Johnson City MTPO Unified Planning and Work Program for federal fiscal year 2009. I do not have a timeframe for completion but I have been informed by the TDOT Project Planning Office this is a top priority and they have a short time frame to get the study completed.

4. Next, the recommendations from the Transportation Planning Report / Interchange Modification Study must be approved and funding must be
identified for these improvements.

5. Once funding has been identified and programmed, design work for the project can begin.

6. After the design has been approved, Right-Of-Way acquired if necessary, environmental permits approved, and construction funds have been obligated actual construction can begin.

 

 

 

 


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