Why do the total amounts of each ORIP-administered funding source on the OWPA need to match the totals in the OWP?
The OWP and the OWPA, along with the Master Fund Transfer Agreement, are part of an annual contract between Department and the MPO/RTPA. If the amounts of ORIP-administered funding listed in the OWP are greater than the amounts reflected on the OWPA, there is no way to know which work described in the OWP will be completed and which will not because insufficient funds are encumbered. If the amount on the OWPA is less than the amount of ORIP-administered funding in the OWP, there is no way to know how the OWPA funds, for which there are not corresponding activities in the OWP, would be spent. Without consistent amounts tied to specific activities, the District Regional Planner and the ORIP liaison cannot successfully monitor expenditures, and the regional agency probably cannot either. Monitoring expenditures is a critical Department and District regional transportation planning responsibility. However much total local contribution there is in the OWP, the OWPA will only show the “manda
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