Notice is hereby giving that the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Belmont County, OH and Ohio and Marshall Counties, WV has been prepared in draft form and will be available for public review and comment. The TIP includes federal aid highway and transit projects and programs for which implementation is anticipated during the next four fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025.
The TIP will be available for review from March 24, 2025, to noon on April 16, 2025 in the office of Belomar Regional Council, at the address shown below. The TIP, including highway and transit project listings, will also be available on Belomar’s website at https://www.belomar.org/draft-tip/ and Belomar’s Facebook page.
Notice is also given that Belmont, Ohio and Marshall Counties have been re-designated to attainment of the 1997 PM2.5 (fine particulates) standards. Thus, emissions analysis is not required for PM2.5 conformity. Other conformity requirements still apply. Qualitative Conformity determination for the 1997 Ozone Standards is required. The FY2026 – FY2029 TIP includes projects consistent with the conforming 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan.
An open house for public involvement is scheduled on March 27 from 11am to 2pm at the WVNCC B&O building at 1704 Market St., Wheeling, WV to provide public input for ODOT’s State TIP (STIP) and The Belomar Regional Council’s Transportation Study TIP.
Interested parties, including representatives of the affected public and transportation agencies, private providers of transportation, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services and other transportation stakeholders who desire to present their views on the draft TIP should visit https://www.belomar.org/open_comments/ or go to https://arcg.is/0CjmGi.
Belomar Regional Council
105 Bridge Street Plaza
PO Box 2086
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 242-1800
The written comments should be directed to the Transportation Study Director, at the above address and must be received by noon on April 16, 2025.