PUBLIC NOTICE: 2023-2027 TIP Amendment # 34

PIN 5765.40 Johnson Creek Road over Golden Hill Creek (BNY)

New Project

The Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Erie and Niagara Counties, is proposing to amend the 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) by adding one (1) new project.

This is a new project which will provide a cost-effective, structurally sound bridge structure with a service life of 75 years (minimum), Improve safety so that bridge/approach railing systems meet current design standards, Improve travel lane and shoulder widths to meet current design standards, and provide suitable scour protection against the design flood condition.

A location map is included with the attached Initial Project Proposal (IPP).

The total project cost is $1.706M. Fiscal Constraint is maintained as funding comes from a $1.43M Bridge New York award + 5% local match (Niagara County).

The obligation date will be 4/15/26.

The GBNRTC is currently in consultation with the Interagency Consultation Group for Air Quality Conformity (ICG) for a Transportation Conformity determination. Exemption Code A19 - Widening narrow pavements or reconstructing bridges (no additional travel lanes).

Public comments will be received for 30 days from 12/20/24 until Close of Business (COB) on 1/20/25.

Click here to view or download full Public Notice document.

If you have any additional questions or comments please email us at staff@gbnrtc.org, or contact us at the address and telephone number above.

The Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC) assures that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, disability or national origin, as provided by Title VI of the Unites States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent legislation, regulations, statutes and orders, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any MPO program or activity.