February 2022 Amendments/Adjustments to MVMPO’s FFY 2022 UPWP

The Merrimack Valley MPO has released amendments/adjustments to its FFY 2022
Unified Planning Work Program for Public Review and Comment. These are described below:

Safety Monitoring System

MVPC staff is in the process of developing a new ‘Top 100’ Crash List for the Merrimack Valley region. As part of this process, staff has been seeking feedback from the Merrimack Valley Transportation Committee (MVTC). To better incorporate this input from the MVTC, MVPC staff has proposed adding $8,500 to Task 2.8 – Safety Monitoring System. The additional funding will also facilitate more staff participation in upcoming MassDOT Road Safety Audits that will take place in the region. As this increase is greater than 25% of the current budget for this task, an amendment to the region’s FFY 2022 UPWP Is required.

Adjustments

The funding for the proposed amendment described above will be provided by making minor reductions to other tasks contained in the FFY 2022 Unified Planning Work Program. These proposed funding changes are shown below. The proposed increase in funding for Task 2.8-Safety Monitoring System is also included:

PROPOSED FUNDNING CHANGES TO MVMPO’S FFY 2022 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM

Task #

Description

Current

Amount

Proposed

Amount

Percentage

Change

2.2

Regional Pavement Management Program

$25,901

$24,901

-3.9%

2.3

Geographic Information Services

$133,484

$131,984

-1.1%

2.6

Regional Transportation Model

$4,297

$3,297

-23.3%

2.8

Safety Monitoring System

$30,825

$39,326

27.6%

2.11

Travel and Tourism Planning

$14,643

$12,643

-13.7%

3.7

South Main Street/Boston Road Intersection Study in Haverhill

$25,523

$22,523

-11.8%