Author: Aaron Frankenfeld

The A/GFTC Planning Committee has approved the attached draft 2023-2024 Unified Planning Work Program for public review and comment. The UPWP is A/GFTC’s annual work program and contains a listing of proposed and intended federally funded transportation planning tasks to be carried out during the upcoming State Fiscal Year (4/1/23 – 3/31/24) by staff, member agency staff, and consultant assistance. The draft document is available here: https://agftc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023_24-UPWP_draft.pdf . Comments will be accepted in writing until February 20, 2023. Please send comments via email to aaron@agftc.org or via mail to A/GFTC, 11 South St. Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The draft Salem Pedestrian Connections Study is available for public review and comment. The intent of the plan is to identify conceptual pedestrian/bicycle and streetscape improvements in and around the former Village and to build on previous planning efforts, with emphases on improvements to the streetscape and pedestrian amenities. Public comments will be received through Friday, August 26 and may be submitted through the Contact Us module of this website, via email at jack@agftc.org, or by conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

A/GFTC has released its draft Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for public review and comment. The TIP is the five-year roster of planned federally-supported investments in the surface transportation system within the A/GFTC planning and programming area for Federal Fiscal Years 2023-2027. The draft program contains improvement projects for highways, bridges, public transportation, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The draft program is available at this link; comments or requests for hardcopies of the plan may be submitted to info@agftc.org or via conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801. Comments will be accepted through July 29, 2022.

A draft report for the Carey Road Industrial Park access analysis is now available for public review and comment prior to consideration for acceptance as final. Please send any comments in writing to aaron@agftc.org or to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801. Comments will be accepted through 6/10/22/. The draft is available at the following link:

https://agftc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/draft-report_Caery-Road-Industrial-Park-access-analysis.pdf

A/GFTC has received an amendment request to its Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) from the New York State Department of Transportation to add $1.830M in matched federal funds to the construction and construction inspection phases of its project #1722.71 to resurface Interstate 87 between Exit 16 and the Hudson River in Saratoga County. The request would also advance obligation of those phases to occur within the current federal fiscal year. Additional details on this amendment request are available at this link. A/GFTC procedures require that requested funding changes that exceed $1.0M are to be made available for public review and comment prior to A/GFTC Policy Committee approval. Comments may be transmitted to A/GFTC at 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801 or by email to aaron@agftc.org. Comments will be accepted through June 21, 2022.