DVRPC provides project management assistance to PennDOT and our New Jersey counties for certain federally funded transportation projects. DVRPC works to ensure a smooth workflow throughout the project development process, including assistance in defining the project's scope, advertising the request for proposal (RFP), coordinating consultant selection, administrating the consultant contract, and gaining final approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Pennsylvania
DVRPC assists PennDOT District 6-0 in implementing non-traditional, federally funded transportation projects in southeastern Pennsylvania. These projects include bicycle path construction (both on and off roadway), reconstruction/restoration of historic transportation buildings, improvements to scenic roads, and the provision of pedestrian facilities and streetscape improvements. These projects are usually sponsored by local governments, public agencies, or private non-profit organizations and are most often funded through the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program (TASA), the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ), the Surface Transportation Program (STP/STU), or the Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS). Our primary task is to facilitate the implementation process by assisting the project applicants through the preliminary engineering, final design, and right-of-way acquisition phases.
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New Jersey
In New Jersey, DVRPC supports both the Concept Development (CD) and the Preliminary Engineering (PE) and Final Design (FD) phases of work. DVRPC does this by providing federal funds directly to member subregions and managing the projects.
The CD phase involves drafting a well-defined and well-justified Purpose and Need Statement focusing on the primary transportation need to be addressed. CD phase elements include, but are not limited to, data collection, coordination with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) subject matter experts/local stakeholders, risk identification, development of a reasonable number of sensible and practical conceptual alternatives, and investigation of all aspects of a project. These aspects may include environmental, right of way, access, utilities, design, community involvement, and constructability.
The major objectives of the CD phase are to identify and compare reasonable alternatives and strategies that address the Purpose and Need Statement and select a Preliminary Preferred Alternative.
The CD phase will provide the information to determine whether or not the study can be advanced to the next phase of the project delivery process and to procure a designer to take the potential project through preliminary engineering, final design, and construction. The CD phase provides the framework for advancing the project into the PE phase.
NJ Local Concept Development Reports Archive
- Kaighns Avenue (CR 607), Camden County
- Hunter Street Bridge , Gloucester County
- City of Camden Traffic Signal Improvements, City of Camden (Appendices A-Z)
- Cooper Street Bridge (CR 706), Gloucester County (Appendices A-Z)
- North Olden Avenue Extension, Mercer County
- Lincoln Avenue Bridge, Mercer County
- Trenton Transit Center, Mercer County
- Erial Road & College Drive, Camden County
- CR 551 Broadway, Camden County
- CR 614 Tom Brown Road & New Albany, Burlington County
- CR 670 and CR 673, Camden County