STIP Revisions

Amendment/Revision means a revision that involves a major change to a project included in a metropolitan transportation plan, TIP, or STIP. A revision requires public review and comment, re-demonstration of fiscal constraint, and a conformity determination (for MTPs and TIPs involving ‘‘non-exempt’’ projects in nonattainment and maintenance areas). For projects using highway or transit funds, formal STIP revisions are required based on the following criteria:
  • The change adds new individual FHWA funded projects.
  • The change adds regionally significant state or locally funded projects.
  • The change adds or removes a phase of work such as preliminary engineering, right-of-way, construction, etc. to the project.
  • The change results in project scope change.
  • Change in project limit/termini.
  • Change in types of lanes (same as project scope of work changing) examples:
    • (HOV / E x L) – HOV / Tolled Express Lanes
    • (ML / T) - Tolled Managed Lanes
    • (HOV) – HOV Lanes
  • Change from state funding category to federal funding category (same as adding a federally funded project)
  • If the MPO’s project selection procedures do not provide for selecting projects in the second or third years, a change in TIP year would require a revision
  • Changes in Transit Grantees for FTA Section 5310 projects
  • Changes in an estimated federal cost exceeding 50% AND resulting in a revised total cost exceeding $1,499,999. An amendment is not required when a change in estimated federal cost results in a total project cost of under $1,500,000.
Table 17-2 shows examples of federal cost changes.
Table 17-2. Examples of Federal Cost Changes that Need an Amendment
Initial Cost
Revised Cost
Amendment Needed
$800,000
$1,450,000
No (increase > 50%, revised cost < $1,499,999)
$800,000
$1,550,000
Yes (increase > 50%, revised cost > $1,499,999)
$1,550,000
2,200,000
No (increase < 50%, revised cost > $1,499,999)
$1,500,000
$2,300,000
Yes (increase > 50%, revised cost > $1,499,999)
$14,000,000
$20,000,000
No (increase < 50%, revised cost > $1,499,999)
$20,000,000
$32,000,000
Yes (increase > 50%, revised cost > $1,499,999)
Administrative modification means a minor revision that includes minor changes to project/ project phase costs, minor changes to funding sources of previously-included projects, and minor changes to project/ project phase initiation dates. An administrative modification is a revision that does not require public review and comment, re-demonstration of fiscal constraint, or a conformity determination (in nonattainment and maintenance areas). The following are considered administrative modifications:
  • Change in project ID (CSJ)
  • Change in estimated
    federal
     cost resulting in a total project cost of less than $1.5 million
  • Change in TIP year for federally funded projects (that DO NOT cross AQ analysis years)
  • Change from one state funding category to another state funding category
  • Change in the project limits for a state-funded project (which may impact environmental documents)
  • Change in TIP year for a state-funded project
  • Change in project scope of work for a state-funded project
  • Change in one federal funding category to another federal category unless that category needs Commission approval (Categories 2, 4 and 12) or a category that is specific to that project, e.g. CBI or CMAQ funding.
  • Addition of a project to a Statewide Program, e.g. TPWD projects
  • Addition of a Grouped Project
The following steps are required for a STIP revision:
  1. Rural/MPO TIPs must be amended
    first
    , and, an MPO TIP must be approved by the Policy Board.
  2. Rural/MPO TIP public involvement must be completed before submitting for a STIP revision.
  3. Amended projects in TIPs are updated within the eSTIP portal per schedule with all backup documentation uploaded.
  4. TPP reviews locked projects within eSTIP portal. Once reviewed, TPP assigns the project in pending review status for the revision within portal. This highlights the project in yellow as a flag to FHWA/FTA that their review can begin.
  5. Amended STIP is posted on TxDOT's website; public hearing notice is posted in Texas Register which begins the 30-day review and comment period. TPP holds public hearing approximately 15 days after posting.
  6. Once FHWA/FTA review has been complete and finalized, all projects will appear in the eSTIP in green indicating review is complete
  7. The next STIP revision cannot be created within the eSTIP portal until the prior revision has been reviewed by FHWA/FTA and completed.
To receive a federal action all STIP projects
must be consistent
 with the individual TIP, MTP and environmental documents.