OVERVIEW OF THE UNIFIED PLANNING
WORK PROGRAM
The
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) identifies transportation planning and
programming activities that are to be undertaken in the Capital District during
the upcoming two years (4/1/06 – 3/31/08).
The intent of a comprehensive work plan is to coordinate all
federally-funded transportation planning and transportation-related planning
activities in the region. Such planning
activities are assisted by several federal sources of funding. These include:
. Federal Transit Administration (FTA): Section 5303 funds and Section 5307 funds;
. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): 1 ¼ % Planning (PL), Statewide Planning and
Research (SPR) funds and Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestion
Mitigation / Air Quality (CMAQ) or other capital funds committed to planning
efforts in the Transportation Improvement Program; and,
. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Airport Improvement Program funds.
Statewide
Planning and Research (SPR) activities by NYSDOT that directly pertain to the
Capital District are listed in the text of the UPWP; but are not shown in the
financial tables. Full documentation of
the SPR program is available separately from NYSDOT.
In
addition to the required descriptions of tasks using federal funds, CDTC also
describes contractual efforts with
Work
efforts performed for each item listed in the UPWP are undertaken by the CDTC
Staff, CDTC's participating agencies' staff, or by
consultants. The 2006-08 UPWP also
includes over $300,000 in activities in support of and funded by the state's thirteen
MPOs. Separate
budgets are shown for the 2006-07 fiscal year and the
2007-08 fiscal year.