NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
for proposed amendment to Regional Planning Affiliation 1
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
The Upper Explorerland Transportation Policy Board for Regional Planning Affiliation 1 (RPA-1) will hold a public hearing at its upcoming meeting to receive comments on a proposed amendment to the approved RPA-1 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for federal fiscal years (FFY) 2026-2029. The meeting will take place on Thursday, January 15th, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at the offices of Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission, 325 Washington Street in Decorah.
The RPA-1 TIP document identifies the multi-modal transportation projects—highway, transit, street, bridge, planning, and pedestrian and bicycle facilities—on which state and federal funding will be used over the next four years within Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties. The TIP document can be viewed at https://uerpc.org/transportation/.
The proposed amendment to the FFY 2026-2029 TIP is as follows:
1: Addition of state-funded project to the FFY 2026-2029 TIP programmed in FFY 2026.
- Project # HSIP-SWAP-C022(111)–FJ-22
- Sponsor: Clayton County
- Activity: HMA paved shoulder on C17, From 680′ E. of Roosevelt St, E 4.1 miles to X56 and On X56 From C17, S 8.3 miles to Corp Limit of Guttenberg.
- Funding: $335,000 in state HSIP-Swap funds, $250,000 in Farm-to-Market funds, and $500,000 of TSF funds; total project cost is $1,085,000.
- Note: Project was included in the County’s five-year program but needs to be programmed in the FFY 2026 TIP.
Written or verbal comments may be submitted prior to the public hearing to Aaron Detter, UERPC, 325 Washington Street, Decorah, IA 5210; by email at adetter@uerpc.org; or by phone at (563) 419-6126. Comments must be received before January 15th, 2026, to be considered at the public hearing.