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Adopted: June 19, 2019
Adopted: June 19, 2019
As the lead transportation planning agency in the Heartland region, the HRTPO is responsible for developing a list of priority projects and submitting the list to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for consideration during development of FDOT’s Five Year Work Program. It is critical to the project prioritization process that projects being considered for funding are evaluated based on criteria that reflects the HRTPO’s vision and mission, as well as adopted goals and objectives of the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). Each year, member governments of the HRTPO are invited to submit Transportation Project Applications and Priorities to the HRTPO for transmittal to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for consideration of programming and funding by FDOT. Project applications are scored based on criteria developed by the Technical Advisory Committee and Citizens Advisory Committee and adopted by the HRTPO Board, and ranked in order of priority.
Projects that are funded in the FDOT Five Year Work Program are then identified as part of the Transportation Improvement Program for the next year.
Project Application
Submitted by local government
Project Ranking and Prioritization
Projects are evaluated based on criteria that reflects the HRTPO’s vision and mission, as well as adopted goals and objectives of the Long Range Transportation Plan
Adoption
Endorsement by the Technical Advisory Committee and Citizens Advisory Committee and adoption by the HRTPO Board by July 1
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Instructions for Submission of Transportation Priorities for Fiscal Year 2024/2025
Please submit Transportation Project Applications for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 to the Heartland
Regional Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) for transmittal to the Florida Department
of Transportation (FDOT) for consideration of programming and funding by FDOT using the
following timeline:
Important Dates and Action Items
By December 3, 2018
Project Applications, supplemental forms, and list of currently programed projects will be provided by the HRTPO to each local government in the region.
Project Applications &
Priorities Workshop
December 6, 2018 10 AM - Noon
Project Applications & Priorities Workshop Location: Hardee County Health Department, 115 K D Revell Rd, Wauchula, FL 33873 This workshop is to provide information on the available project categories and funding, application process, and priority setting schedule for fiscal year 2024/2025.
Submit Project Applications to the
HRTPO by January 28, 2019
For each project, please submit:
• FDOT Project Priority Information Packet
• HRTPO Supplemental Information Form
• FDOT TRIP Supplemental Form (if applicable) For each SCOP and SCRAP project, please submit:
• FDOT SCOP or SCRAP Application Completed packets may be submitted to the Heartland Regional Transportation Planning
Organization by email to: [email protected] OR submitted using the HRTPO
FTP Site (Instructions available upon request)
Next Steps
• HRTPO staff will provide a sufficiency review of project application packages received and transmit application packages to FDOT
• FDOT will conduct site reviews, review estimates, etc. on top priority projects and provide feedback
• HRTPO Board and committees will evaluate projects based on adopted ranking criteria and adopt priority project lists
July 1, 2019
A ranked package of final adopted/approved priority projects must be transmitted to FDOT by July 1, 2019, at which time further consideration for programming and funding will be evaluated as the Tentative Five-Year Work Program is developed over the summer/fall time frame.
Please note: Although all project applications and priority list are to be submitted to the HRTPO
for transmittal to FDOT, the HRTPO will not provide ranking criteria or prioritize CIGP, SCOP and
SCRAP projects. Priorities for these submitted applications are requested from each board of
county commissioners by March 15, 2019.
For questions regarding the HRTPO and committee meetings, please contact Marybeth Soderstrom at
[email protected]. For questions regarding the project applications, please contact Lori Carlton,
Florida Department of Transportation, District One at [email protected].
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• Prioritization Policy in Case of Ranking Tie | Adopted May 25, 2016
Total project cost will be used as additional criteria to prioritize projects that have
the same ranking. Lower cost projects will be given higher priority and higher
cost projects will be given lower priority.
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Highway Capacity projects are often associated with major construction projects, such as building
a new highway where none existed before, bypassing an existing route, or adding one or more
lanes to an existing facility. These projects are most often initiated by FDOT, in the adopted Long
Range Transportation Plan of the region, and do not require local government applications.
Congestion management projects improve traffic operations and safety through the use of either
strategies that reduce travel demand or the implementation of operational improvements.
Congestion management projects typically improve travel conditions through the use of low cost
improvements or strategies, which can be implemented in a relatively short timeframe (within 5 –
10 years) compared to more traditional capacity improvements, such as adding travel lanes.
Capacity improvements can take more than 10 years to implement and cost significantly more.
Rank Jurisdiction Project Location Project Type Cost
Estimate
1 City of Okeechobee
N 9th St and US 441 Signalization $350,735
Rank Jurisdiction Facility From To Description
1 Highlands US 98 US 27 E of Airport Rd 2 to 4 Lanes
2 DeSoto CR 769 (Kings Highway)
DeSoto C/L Peace River St
2 to 4 Lanes
3 DeSoto SR 31 Extension SR 70 US 17 New Road
4 Okeechobee SR 710 US 98 US 441 New Road
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Projects in this category are funded through the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or
"FAST Act". Transportation Alternative (TA) projects encompass a variety of smaller-scale
transportation projects such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, safe routes to
school projects, community improvements such as historic preservation and vegetation
management, and environmental mitigation related to stormwater and habitat connectivity.
Rank Jurisdiction Project Location Project Type Project Length (in Linear Feet)
Cost Estimate
1 DeSoto SE Maple Drive Sidewalk 1,637 $1,073,213
2 Highlands E O Douglas Ave. Multi-Use Path 3,854 $417,625
3A DeSoto SW Kingsway Circle Sidewalk 2,300 $377,146
3B Hendry Cowboy Way Sidewalk 2,990 $996,336
4A Highlands Cemetery Rd. Multi-Use Path 3,960 $413,395
4B Highlands Catfish Creek Rd. Multi-Use Path 19,430 $1,243,669
5 Highlands School St. Multi-Use Path 2,587 $353,293
6 Highlands Desoto Rd. Multi-Use Path 3,326 $389,120
7A City of LaBelle
SR80 West Lighting 7,920 $373,000
7B Hendry Harlem Academy Blvd Sidewalk 780 $609,663
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Projects shown below were previously submitted as priorities of the HRTPO.
Jurisdiction Facility Description PD&E
Funded Design Funded
Construction Funded
FDOT Project Number
Avon Park Cornell St Multi-Use Path 2021 2023 438054-1
Clewiston Royal Palm Ave and Ponce De Leon Ave
Sidewalk 2021 2023 438068-1
DeSoto CR 760 Sidewalk 2024 444206-1
DeSoto West Ave Sidewalk 2024 444207-1
DeSoto SW Kingsway Circle Sidewalk 2024 444324-1
DeSoto E Maple Dr Sidewalk 2020 2022 438259-1
DeSoto SW Welles Ave Sidewalk 2021 2023 438131-1
DeSoto CR 760A Sidewalk 2021 2023 438103-1
DeSoto Roberts Ave Sidewalk 2020 2022 437099-1
DeSoto Maple Dr Sidewalk 2020 2022 438259-1
DeSoto CR 760A Sidewalk 2023 442022-1
Hardee West Main Street Sidewalk 2024 444883-1
Hardee Heard Bridge Road Bridge
Bridge Replacement
2023 441921-1
Hardee SR 64 and CR 663 Intersection Improvement
2023 441920-1
Hendry NE Raintree Boulevard Sidewalk 2024 444322-1
Hendry Collingswood Pkwy Sidewalk 2023 442021-1
Hendry Sonora Ave Sidewalk 2023 442020-1
Hendry NW Raintree Blvd Sidewalk 2023 442024-1
Highlands Memorial Drive Sidewalk 2019 2022 435067-1
Highlands Turn Lanes at Sun N Lake Blvd at US 27
Add Turn Lanes
2023 442403-1
Highlands Sun 'N Lake Blvd Sidewalk 2019 2021 441739-1
Highlands Interlake Blvd Multi Use Path 2023 441923-1
Okeechobee NW 9th Street at US 98 Intersection Improvement
2024 444639-1
Okeechobee US 441 at Potter Rd NB Left Turn Lane
2024 444886-1
Okeechobee US 441 at CR 68 Left Turn Lane 2024 444958-1
Okeechobee SE 18th Ter from Sidewalk 2021 2023 438057-1
Okeechobee SE 28th St Sidewalk 2021 2023 438057-1
Sebring SR 17 Sidewalk 2021 2023 438054-1
Sebring US 27 Lighting 2021 2024 437732-1
Wauchula E Main 636 East – Phase 1
Sidewalk 2024 444949-1
Wauchula E Main 636 East – Phase 2
Sidewalk 2024 444952-1
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