Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

About the TIP

The BMCMPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a federally required, capital investment plan created by the Bloomington-Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMCMPO) to guide and track the distribution and use of federal funding for multimodal transportation projects, in BMCMPO's metropolitan planning area (MPA), across a five-year period. Federal funding come from the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. The TIP documents federal-aid projects programmed and scheduled for phased completion in specific fiscal years along with state/local matching funding commitments. The creation of the TIP achieved guidance from various plans created by the local public agencies and by the MPO's Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). 

The projects in the TIP represent current commitments by local government and transportation agencies in the Bloomington-Monroe County region. The TIP also includes state-led projects anticipated for the BMCMPO planning area during the four-year planning period. The BMCMPO sponsors public meetings to gather public input on the TIP prior a formal presentation to Policy Committee for voting and adoption. The BMCMPO develops a new TIP every two years thereby allowing the community to regularly reevaluate priorities for federal funding. All projects listed in each MPO's TIP are included in the Indiana Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), by reference. 

For projects receiving INDOT and Federal Highway funding, the TIP details funding information required for each phase of the project, which may include: preliminary engineering phase (PE), right-of-way engineering and acquisition phase (RW), and construction phase (CN). Preliminary engineering includes development of design and construction plans. Right-of-way engineering and acquisition includes the determination and actual purchase of the right-of-way needed for the project. The construction phase occurs in the fiscal year when construction letting is anticipated to occur. Each of the projects listed will go through one or more of the phases during the four-year period and many projects began before or will extend after the current TIP - see previous documents section below to view past TIP documents. 

In order to receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration, transit projects within the MPA must be listed in the TIP documents. Transit projects typically involve planning studies, operational assistance, and capital acquisitions. 

More information about the TIP process can be found within the currently active TIP document, found below.

Fiscal Year 2026-2030 TIP

The FY2026-2030 TIP is the active document describing local and state-led projects within the BMCMPO metropolitan planning area (MPA) that are approved to receive federal and state funding for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The FY 2026-2030 BMCMPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) was adopted by the BMCMPO Policy Committee on March 14, 2025 and approved by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration on August 28, 2025. 

ADOPTED TIP, adopted March 14, 2025 by the Policy Committee (meeting packet | meeting minutes)

ADOPTED TIP WITH AMENDMENTS/MODIFICATIONS (last updated September 18, 2025)

• 9-18-2025: administrative modification #1
• 9-12-2025: amendment #1 (resolution FY2026-02)

TIP Project Map

The TIP Map is a tool for viewing the locations of federally funded projects within Monroe County. The map includes all TIP and STIP projects within Monroe County, as well as a layer that shows the boundaries of the BMCMPO Metropolitan Planning Area, or MPA. All federal funds distributed through the BMCMPO must support projects within this MPA boundary.

TIP Project Letting Dates

Anticipated letting dates for the projects listed in the TIP can be viewed here. The letting date is the date when bids for a project are officially opened and reviewed; it's when the process of selecting a contractor for a project begins by evaluating the submitted proposals. Letting dates for the federal aid projects listed in the TIP are preceded by a number of steps as shown in the INDOT Letting Preparation Schedule.

TIP Amendment Process

Changes to TIP programmed projects often occur after initial approvals by local, state and federal jurisdictions. These changes are classified as administration modifications or amendments, as defined by the INDOT STIP Manual and INDOT Office of Transit Manual. Administrative modifications are reviewed and approved by MPO staff and do not require Policy Committee approval. Changes classified as amendments must undergo a public participation review and receive approval from the BMCMPO Policy Committee (PC).  

Local public agencies requiring a change to the scope, funding year, phases, federal funding sources, or funding amounts of their projects shall submit a TIP Change Request Form with their desired changes to mpo@bloomington.in.gov, prior to the relevant 2025 deadlines for TIP amendments. MPO staff process administrative modifications to the TIP as soon as possible, send the changes to INDOT, and share the changes with BMCMPO committees as an informational item. MPO staff present TIP amendment requests to the Technical Advisory & Citizen Advisory Committees for a recommendation of approval and then to the Policy Committee for formal approval by consensus. 

INDOT posts all changes to the BMCMPO TIP on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program to the STIP webpage for a 30-day public review prior to seeking approval for the changes from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.

TIP Projects In The News

• Eagleson Avenue Bridge over the Indiana Railroad: B Square Bulletin | Indiana Public Media
• Sunrise Greetings Ct Bridge/Road/Path Connector between Profile Parkway and Vernal Pike: Herald Times