Public comments on the draft report are due on June 4, 2025.
ALBANY, NY May 9, 2025 – The Planning Committee of the Capital Region Transportation Council (Transportation Council) has released the Draft Transportation/Air Quality Conformity Determination for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy 1997 8-Hour Ozone Non-Attainment Area for public review. The purpose of the Air Quality Conformity Determination is to ensure that new projects included in the Transportation Council’s Draft 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) do not adversely impact air quality. Adoption of a new TIP requires the Transportation Council in cooperation with the Adirondack/Glens Falls Transportation Council and the New York State Department of Transportation Regions 1, 2 and 9, to adopt a new transportation air quality conformity determination for the seven-county Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ozone nonattainment area. This action is required by the Clean Air Act.
The Draft Report is available at www.capitalmpo.org/tipupdate. The conformity determination process for the 2025-2030 A/GFTC and Transportation Council TIPs, the A/GFTC 2045 Ahead MTP, the Transportation Council’s New Visions 2050 regional transportation plan, and the NYSDOT Capital Program of Transportation Projects in Greene, Montgomery, and Schoharie Counties demonstrates that these planning documents meet the Clean Air Act and Transportation Conformity rule requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS. Once approved, signed resolutions adopting this conformity determination will be included in the final conformity documentation.
Comments are due on June 4, 2025. To submit comments, call (518) 458-2161 or email info@capitalmpo.org. Comments may also be submitted by mail to the Capital Region Transportation Council, 1 Park Place, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205 (mailed comments must be received by May 30, 2025).
For more information about transportation planning activities at the Transportation Council, visit www.capitalmpo.org. Follow and like the Transportation Council on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
About the Transportation Council
The Capital Region Transportation Council is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the geographic area of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties (except the Town of Moreau and Village of South Glens Falls). The Transportation Council facilitates a transportation planning process as required by federal law and supported with federal funding.
The Transportation Council is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its metropolitan transportation planning process on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or religion.
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