Helpful Links:

• Six-Year Improvement Program database
  
  
• Fall multimodal transportation meetings
  
  
• Virginia Planning and Programming Spring Meeting
  
  
• Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
  
  
• SYIP Development Schedule
  
  

The Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) is a document that outlines planned spending for transportation projects proposed for construction development or study for the next six years.  

The SYIP is updated annually and is the means by which the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) meets its statutory obligation under the Code of Virginia to allocate funds to interstate, primary, secondary and urban highway systems, public transit, ports and airports and other programs for the immediate fiscal year.  

The SYIP also identifies planned program funding for the succeeding five fiscal years.  

The CTB allocates funds for the first fiscal year of the SYIP but the remaining five years are estimates of future allocations. Fiscal years start on July 1 and end on June 30. 

The CTB updates the SYIP each year as revenue estimates are updated, priorities are revised, project schedules and costs change, and study results are known.  

The CTB allocates project funds to:

• Fund deficits on current project phases
  
  
• Maximize use of federal funds to meet federal strategy
  
  
• Fund  project phases under way, as well as project phases that start in the current federal fiscal year
  
  
• Fund deficient bridges and paving projects
  
  
• Fund Appalachian Development Highway System planned projects with an average of 4% of total federal maintenance and construction funds over the six years
  
  
• Fund deficient bridges with an average of 13% of total federal maintenance and construction funds over the six years
  
  
• Increase funding for preliminary engineering
  
  
• Support development of public-private partnerships
  
  
• Allocate funds consistent with planned obligations and expenditures
  
  
• Redirect inactive balances on projects

Development of the SYIP begins in the fall and the Virginia Department of Transportation hosts a series of public meetings seeking public comment with the other multi-modal transportation agencies. The Virginia Department of Transportation also hosts meetings with key stakeholders to include Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Planning District Commissions. 

Each spring, a draft SYIP is presented to the CTB and made public for comment with a series of public hearings seeking input on development of the draft SYIP.  The program is finalized in June and takes effect on July 1 of each year.  The 2013 spring hearing dates are: 

• May 28 in Richmond
  • Richmond, Culpeper, Fredericksburg
    VDOT Central Office Auditorium
    1401 East Broad St.
    Richmond, VA  23219
• May 29 in Northern Virginia
  • Northern Virginia
    VDOT District Office
    Potomac Conference Center
    4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA  22030
• June 4 in Salem
  • Salem, Bristol, Lynchburg, Staunton
    Northside High School
    6758 Northside High School Road
    Roanoke, VA 24019
• June 5 in Hampton Roads
  • Hampton Roads
    Chesapeake Conference Center
    900 Greenbrier Circle
    Chesapeake, VA 23320

To comment on the Six-Year Improvement Program you may attend one of the public hearings or you may contact VDOT or DRPT.  For VDOT projects, the mailing address is Programming Director, Virginia Department of Transportation, 1401 East Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219 or email six-yearprogram@vdot.virginia.gov.  For DRPT projects, the mailing address is Public Information Office, VA Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation, 600 E. Main St., Suite 2102, Richmond, VA 23219, or email drptpr@drpt.virginia.gov. Comments will be accepted until June 7, 2013.