The Dutchess County Transportation Council has released a draft of the five-year Transportation Improvement Program of federally funded transportation projects in the county, and has asked the community to weigh in on the plans.
The highlighted, prioritized project listings range from repairs to local bridges to maintaining state and local roads, as well as supporting local bus and commuter rail services, and the council is accepting community comments until 5 p.m. June 23.
Following the community comment period, all public comments will be summarized and presented to the council prior to the next voting meeting at 1:30 p.m. June 25.
The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, 4079 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park.
The council’s draft TIP covers the period from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2030, including $164 million in federal transportation funding for state and local projects in Dutchess County.
In general, the TIP, which is updated every three years, is developed in the council’s metropolitan transportation planning process, providing insights such as project sponsors, scope, schedule and cost. The TIP focuses on federally funded programs, but also includes state-funded transportation projects.
Further, this is an opportunity for agencies and municipalities to commit to fulfilling federally funded projects.
The TIP is intended to be consistent with the county’s transportation plan, Moving Dutchess Forward, establishing a 2045 vision for the county’s transportation system to be safer, more reliable, resilient and equitable. The TIP is also consistent with New York’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, updated every three years.
Here are the highlights from the draft TIP, including the council’s five top priority proposals, four new highway projects and the five most expensive projects.
Highlights from the DCTC’s draft Transportation Improvement Program
The council received 11 proposals from Dutchess County and local municipalities, ranging from simple bridge and pavement projects to more transformative projects, such as intersection redesigns and new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.
Based on the council’s screening and evaluation process, they have ranked five of these proposals as top priorities to be included in the TIP:
The draft TIP has also proposed a 2026 highway project of note, including repaving Route 9 from Spankenkill Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie all the way to West Dorsey Lane in the Town of Hyde Park — a $15.5 million federally funded project.
Here are the top five most costly proposed projects, according to the TIP Viewer map at gis.dutchessny.gov/tip/:
How you can comment
If you would like to comment on the DCTC’s draft TIP, the comment period runs until Monday, June 23, 2025, at 5 p.m.
Use email or phone to have your comments heard about the draft TIP at dctc@dutchessny.gov or 845-486-3600.
Comments may also be submitted by mail to the Dutchess County Transportation Council, 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 107, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
If you’d like to further participate in the process, the next opportunity will be at the June 25 voting meeting at 1:30 p.m. at 4079 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park. During the meeting, the council will also act on an amendment to the current fiscal federal year 2023-2027 TIP.
For more information, visit the council’s website at dutchessny.gov/dctc, contact dctc@dutchessny.gov or call at 845-486-3600.
This article originally appeared on Poughkeepsie Journal: Dutchess County Transportation Council proposed projects: What’s planned through 2030
Reporting by Nickie Hayes, Poughkeepsie Journal / Poughkeepsie Journal
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