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MPO Policy Committee approves the 2025-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
The 2025-2050 MTP, the region's long-range plan, was approved by the Policy Board on October 17, 2024. Its financial plan projects $3.7025 billion for construction, $430 million for operations and maintenance and $212 million for transit over 25 years. Its fiscally constrained project list puts the Loop 335/I-27 interchange Phase II projects in 2028 and Loop 335 B-2 Phase V (FM 2186 to 34th Avenue) mostly in 2030. The plan expects the City of Amarillo to spend about $2.6 million a year on local operations and maintenance.[1][2]
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The MTP cover reads "Approved by the Policy Board on October 17, 2024" and lists the Mayor of Amarillo as chairman and the Amarillo city manager as vice-chairman. The October 17, 2024 agenda lists "a Resolution adopting the 2025-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan." The posted copy's page footers are dated March 26, 2025. [1][2]
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The MTP's financial constraint summary projects, over 25 years: construction $3,702,500,000 ($3,672,500,000 federal/state, $30,000,000 local); operations and maintenance $430,000,000 ($350,000,000 federal/state, $80,000,000 local); and transit $212,000,000 ($143,250,000 federal/state, $68,750,000 local). These are projections. The largest category is TxDOT Category 12 Strategic Priority at an average $52,000,000 a year ($1.3 billion over 25 years). The plan says the revenue projections are flat, with no adjustment for inflation, while project costs were inflated 4% a year. [1]
- Construction
- $3,702,500,000
- Operations maintenance
- $430,000,000
- Transit
- $212,000,000
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For local money, the MTP projects City of Amarillo local operations and maintenance at an average $2,600,000 a year ($65,000,000 over 25 years) and City of Canyon at $600,000 a year. Local construction by the City of Amarillo and Potter and Randall counties is projected together at $1,200,000 a year ($30,000,000). These are projections. The plan says basic and preventive street maintenance is paid from the City's General Fund and that "in recent years, the City of Amarillo approved certificates of obligation for street and pedestrian improvements." [1]
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Exhibit 34 (fiscally constrained project list, YOE total project cost in thousands) lists the Loop 335/I-27 South Interchange Phase II direct connector ramps (A25003) at $229,400,000 for 2028; the Loop 335 third-level main-lane bridge at I-27 (A25002, two phases) at $79,600,000 for 2028; the I-27 frontage road tie-in (A25004) at $36,700,000 for 2028; and Loop 335 B-2 Phase V (A25005), from west of FM 2590 South to south of 34th Avenue, at $264,700,000. Phase III of A25005, north of FM 2186 to north of Arden Road, is listed at $63,600,000 for 2030. [1]
