Now’s the time to have an impact on a draft four-year, $484 million Transportation Improvement Program that includes 118 road, bridge, trail and transit projects that stretch into every corner of the Lehigh Valley.

 

The 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) makes major investments such as $66 million for the Route 309 and Tilghman Street interchange and $21 million to rehabilitate the Hill-to-Hill Bridge in the Bethlehem, but it also spends nearly $10 million on pedestrian, bicycle and trail projects in communities across the area and pumps extra money into maintaining the region’s bridges.

The TIP includes about $80 million from the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, but the plan will remain a draft until the public weighs in. The time for that is now during these public engagements:

• Making A Call TONIGHT:
  • Call in to WDIY 88.1 at 610-758-8810 from 7-7:30 PM to ask questions and make comments on the TIP after our regular Plan Lehigh Valley show.

• Attend A Virtual Public Meeting:
  • Wednesday, May 11, 8 AM: Virtual Meeting tinyurl.com/TIP0511mtg or by phone at +1 610-477-5793 Conference ID: 673 954 331#.
  • Tuesday May 17, 4 PM: Virtual Meeting tinyurl.com/TIP0517mtg or by phone at +1 610-477-5793 Conference ID: 298 214 774#.
  • Wednesday May 18, 9 AM: Lehigh Valley Transportation Study, Technical Committee. This virtual meeting can be accessed at tinyurl.com/LVTS2022mtgs or by phone at +1 610-477-5793, Conference ID: 507 799 683#

• Attend An In-Person Meeting:
  • Thursday May 19, 7 PM: In-Person Meeting at the Fowler Center, 6th Floor 511 E Third St Bethlehem, PA 18015

• View A Physical Copy At:
  • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 5-0, 1002 Hamilton Street, Allentown 
  • Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA), 1060 Lehigh Street, Allentown 
  • Allentown Public Library, 1210 Hamilton Street, Allentown 
  • Bethlehem Public Library, 11 West Church Street, Bethlehem 
  • Easton Public Library, 515 Church Street, Easton 

• Commenting Online or by Phone:
  • LVPC Website: lvpc.org/tip to read and make comments
  • Email comments to planning@lvpc.org
  • Call us at 610-264-4544

• Sign up for any of the special public meetings at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lehigh-valley-planning-commission-10947355799

The public comment period is open until May 31, so act now to have your say in the Lehigh Valley's transportation infrastructure.