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The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is requesting Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding be programmed in the A/GFTC Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for four new projects that were included within CDTA’s recently updated capital program and are consistent with FTA’s apportionments to CDTA. A/GFTC’s TIP amendment guidelines stipulate that any requests for new projects be subjected to a minimum 25-day public review and comment period prior to consideration for approval. All four projects are requested for obligation in Federal Fiscal Year 2025-26 and will be funded under the FTA’s Section 5307 program. The list of requested projects is available here; public comments will be accepted through May 12, 2026 and can be registered utilizing the Contact Us module of this website or by conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The draft Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Air Quality Conformity Determination is now available for public review and comment prior to A/GFTC Policy Committee consideration for approval. The Conformity Determination addresses all transportation projects for 1997 ozone NAAQS in A/GFTC’s 2025-2030 TIP, A/GFTC’s 2045 Ahead Long Range Plan, Capital Region Transportation Council’s (CRTC) 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program and the New Visions 2050 Long Range Plan, and the Capital Program of Transportation Projects in Greene, Montgomery and Schoharie Counties. The Conformity Determination is available at this link. Comments will be accepted in writing only through May 12, 2026, by utilizing the Contact Us module of the A/GFTC website (https://agftc.org/contact-us/ ) or by conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.