The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a detailed, 7-year budget plan that outlines which transportation projects are expected to be funded over the next seven years in the urbanized Pocatello-Chubbuck area, including parts of northern Bannock and Power Counties. It’s basically a list of planned road, bridge, or transit projects that will receive money from state or federal sources—or that are important enough to affect the whole region (called “regionally significant”). Each project includes cost estimates and scheduling details. The TIP follows the federal government’s budget calendar, which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30.
The Fiscal Years 2026 – 2032 TIP for the BTPO planning area has been drafted and is available for public review and comment through July 31, 2025; the draft TIP, resources, and a form through which to provide comments are available at this link.