Final adoption of the TIP took place May 23, 2023, click for full information.
Transportation Project Evaluation
The Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study (SKATS), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Salem-Keizer-Turner area, received 17 applications for the (FY) 2024-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) requesting a total of $50.2 million in federal funds. Several of the requests were for additional funding for projects that are currently in the TIP. In addition, there are several programs that receive continued funding through the MPO. The Technical Advisory Committee evaluated the proposed projects for how well they meet they goals of the adopted Regional Transportation Systems Plan (2019-2043 Regional Transportation Systems Plan) and developed a prioritized list of projects. Project requests that completed current projects were generally at the top of the prioritized list. Due to escalating project costs, most of the available funding would be used to cover existing programs and cost overruns on current projects. Therefore, the Policy Committee directed staff to proceed with preparing the Draft SKATS FY 2024-2029 TIP without including any new SKATS funded projects. If the financial situation improves, the projects on the prioritized list will be reconsidered.
Full applications are available by project (in no particular order) [as PDFs].