Guam Transportation Improvement Plan

In July 2009 the Government of Guam Department of Public Works (DPW) developed the Territorial Transportation Improvement Program (TTIP) for the federal fiscal years 2008-2011 In accordance with the requirements of the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA). The TTIP provides a near-term improvement program that is financially feasible and depicts DPW’s priorities for the expenditure of federal funds for the noted fiscal period as an adjunct to the 2030 Guam Transportation Plan.

Projects in the TTIP were developed through the transportation planning process and were drawn from the prior 2020 Guam Transportation Plan. The projects contained in the TTIP are products of a consensus building process carried out by the Department of Public Works in cooperation with local villages, utility providers, the Division of Administration and local transit operators as well as law enforcement officials. It is important to note that the FY08-11 TTIP is an evolutionary document that will be impacted by changes in circumstances as they affect the individual projects and budget provisions.

Projects contained in the FY2008-2011 TTIP are largely safety projects, reconstruction projects, and capacity improvements. The first projects to be constructed are comparatively small scale efforts designed to address immediate/short term needs. The remaining projects are more complex and of lesser urgency, but of comparable importance.

Funding for Guam transportation projects comes from several sources, but largely from the federal Territorial Highway Program (THP). A summary of the revenue available to DPW for transportation projects over the projected four year life of the TTIP is as follows:

Available Funding FY2008 - FY2011

The available revenue noted in the table above forms the basis for the value of the Transportation Program expenditures, annually. This version of the TTIP yields a deficit in Federal fiscal years 2009 and 2010, as funding is pending for one expenditure that will span the two-year period. The DPW is preparing a grant request to the FTA for $25 million for the purchase of 50 new transit buses. It is anticipated the grant request will be approved and the funds will be available as programmed in the expenditures table below. If the request is approved, but the funds are not available as anticipated, the expenditure will be reprogrammed.

A summary of the proposed expenditures for transportation projects over the four year life of the TTIP is as follows:

Proposed Expenditures FY2008 - FY2011

1. Subject to a grant from the FTA to fund the transit bus expenditure.

Guam Transportation Improvement Plan

• Guam Transportation Improvement Plan - FY 2012-2015 (FINAL)

(TTIP) Territorial Transportation Improvement Projects

• TTIP Amendment 1 (April 29, 2009)
• TTIP Amendment 2 (October 27, 2010)

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