When will the distribution of Metropolitan Planning (MP&PL) funds have to change to account for new urbanized areas?
The apportionment of metropolitan planning (MP&PL) funds to the States based on new urbanized areas will begin with FY2003 funds apportioned on or after October 1, 2002. States need to evaluate and, if necessary, revise their intra-state formulae immediately, using the population figures from the Census Bureau released on May 1, 2002 and revised on August 23, 2002. FHWA and FTA will request that States and their MPOs reaffirm the existing formula, or agree on a new intra-state formula. Each State should work cooperatively with the existing MPOs (and elected local officials in new Urbanized Areas) to review the formula and submit it for approval to the appropriate office (for PL to FHWA Division Office and for MP to FTA Regional Office). Currently, FTA guaranteed and authorized funding levels for each State over the life of TEA-21, based on the 1990 Census, are posted at http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/apportionments/grants_financing_3079.html. FTA has posted revised FY2003 funding level
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