SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION  

RESOLUTION 0711-35:       Approving Revision 08-11-01 to the FY 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program by Deleting the Resurfacing of Shore Road from Illinois Avenue to California Avenue and Shifting the Funds to Extend the Limits of the Resurfacing of Tilton Road from US 30 to Country Club Drive  

WHEREAS, the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) designated under Federal Law for the southern region of New Jersey including Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties; and  

            WHEREAS, MPOs are responsible for developing a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that sets forth the capital expenditures for at least four years, as required by the Federal Metropolitan Planning Rule (23 CFR 450 C and 49 CFR 613 C); and  

            WHEREAS, Atlantic County proposes to delete the resurfacing of Shore Road from Illinois Avenue to California Avenue (DB #S0702) and shift the funds to extend the limits of the resurfacing of Tilton Road from US 30 to Country Club Drive (DB# S0705).  This additional $600,000 would extend the southern limits of the project from County Club Drive to Odessa Avenue ; and  

WHEREAS,  fiscal constraint in the TIP is maintained and this project is exempt from the requirement to determine conformity per Table 2, Sec. 93.126 of the conformity regulations; and   

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), New Jersey Transit, and SJTPO have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Procedures to Amend and Modify the SJTPO TIP and the State TIP; and  

            WHEREAS, this TIP amendment was recommended for Policy Board approval by the SJTPO Technical Advisory Committee (TAC); and  

            WHEREAS, public involvement requirements under SJTPO’s adopted policy have been satisfied by a supplemental notice to the Citizens Advisory Committee mailing list and a specific opportunity for comment on the meeting agenda;  

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Policy Board of the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization hereby amends the FY 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program to include the aforementioned project.  

Certification   

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct and true copy of a resolution adopted by the Policy Board of the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization at its meeting of November 26, 2007.  

Charles R. Sullivan/mal
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Charles R. Sullivan, Secretary/Treasurer