The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a four-year work program of federally funded and regionally significant multimodal transportation projects within the Knoxville Urban Area.

The FY 2026-2029 TIP Draft is Now Available

The TIP is updated on a three-year cycle, and a new draft document for fiscal years 2026-2029 is now available for review. An Air Quality Conformity Determination has also been made to demonstrate that implementing projects within the new TIP will conform with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.  The draft public review period will be open from September 15 – October 14, 2025. Comments on the draft may be submitted to craig.luebke@knoxplanning.org.

FY 2026-2029 TIP Timeline

• January 2025: Call for Projects Issued
• February 2025: End Call for Projects
• March – April 2025: TPO Staff Scoring and Project Prioritization/Fiscal Constraint consultation with project applicants
• May 2025: TDOT submission of state projects for inclusion in the draft TIP
• September 2025: Draft TIP to Technical Committee/Executive Board for review
• September 15 – October 14, 2025: Draft TIP 30-day Public Comment Period
• October 2025: Final TIP Technical Committee Recommendation/Executive Board Adoption

The TIP serves to implement projects identified in the region’s long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan, Mobility Plan 2050. The projects listed are developed in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), regional public transportation providers, member jurisdictions, and the public. The resulting document provides an overview of transportation investments in the region over a four-year period. All projects in the TIP must be consistent with, or selected from, the current Metropolitan Transportation Plan and the TIP must be fiscally constrained based on estimated revenues.