Plan and Program Development
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The Plan & Program Development Division consists of three
units:
BTIP, Major Projects
The work of this unit involves the preparation and distribution
of the Biennial Transportation Improvement Program (BTIP), the entry/updating
of data into the Project History Table in DOT's Transportation Integrated
Network Information System (TINIS), and the updating of the Six-Year
Plan. Also, this unit manages major studies for the development
of NEPA Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS) for proposed major highway and bridge projects
throughout the state.
Environmental Coordination & Analysis
The Environmental Coordination and Analysis unit provides oversight
of MDOT NEPA compliance, programmatic Categorical Exclusion documentation,
promotes TEA-21 Streamlining and MDOT’s Integrated Transportation
Decision-making (ITD), assures air quality conformity, performs
air/noise impact analysis, administers the Transportation Enhancement
Program, and coordinates with Metropolitan Planning Organizations.
Statewide Planning
The Statewide Planning unit is responsible for coordinating the
development of the Twenty-Year Transportation Plan, Six-Year Transportation
Improvement Plan, the Bureau of Planning's public information and
outreach initiatives, urban transportation planning in non-Metropolitan
Planning Organization areas, and transportation corridor planning.
This unit coordinates transportation planning and public outreach
with municipalities, the Division Offices, seven Regional Transportation
Advisory Committees (RTACs), Regional Planning Commissions and both
standing and special purpose corridor committees.
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