The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, serving as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Peoria–Pekin Urbanized Area, administers multiple federal transportation funding programs suballocated to the region. These include the Carbon Reduction Program, Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside, and Section 5310 – Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities.
This Program Management Plan documents the unified policies, procedures, and oversight framework used by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission to program and administer federal transportation funds. This document fulfills the Federal Transit Administration Program Management Plan requirement for the Section 5310 Program, while also serving as a consolidated program management and application guide for all federal transportation funding programs programmed by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. Consolidation applies to administrative and competitive project selection procedures only; statutory eligibility, cost share requirements, and program-specific federal regulations remain distinct and are fully preserved.
The Program Management Plan establishes a transparent, competitive, and performance-based process for soliciting, evaluating, selecting, and overseeing projects. All projects are selected through a biennial Combined Call for Projects and evaluated using a two-tier process consisting of eligibility/compliance screening and standardized competitive scoring aligned with federal planning factors, civil rights requirements, and adopted regional policy documents.
The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission administers Section 5310 funds as a Co-Designated Recipient and coordinates closely with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration for programs administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation. This Program Management Plan supports federal and state oversight by clearly documenting roles, responsibilities, financial management, subrecipient monitoring, procurement oversight, reporting, and closeout procedures.
